I wanted to shift and rearrange myself on the bed, as if that would hide what I had just done. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the sky; dusky clouds shifted above, shielding, then revealing, then shielding the stars again. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the shifting shadows, it’s hard to see. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She shifted her gaze to him, but kept positioned toward the target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He sorted through everything, shifting boxes and crates from one side of the room to the other. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She shifted in her sleep but didn’t wake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His horse, blowing out its breath, shifted nervously. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

More than Dri and me, he picked up on any little shift in someone’s emotional state and magnified it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted on her mattress, and the pallet beneath her creaked. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The world shifted again a few weeks later. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Toby nodded as Lily shifted in her seat and leaned against his shoulder, both of them watching the sun slip away in the distance. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he’s close enough for me to see the white arm hair, I shift my upper body to the left, legs sturdy, eyes on the blur that flies past me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My father could no longer stand at his machine for his twelve-hour shift. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

By his handsome cheekbones the muscles twitched with the movement, and along his forearms they fanned and shifted in complicated rearrangements under the skin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I hang out with Mop and Bren every day after my shifts at the restaurant, I see Carmen occasionally around the apartment complex, and I eat a ton of ice cream. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Wesley dropped his hand from my shoulder and shifted from one foot to another, suddenly uncomfortable. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union “guaranteed” a multitude of rights it didn’t always deliver on, and a line on paper didn’t suddenly make everyone’s ideas shift from their old tracks. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

People shifted quietly on their cushions or pushed their plates away so they wouldn’t clank during the singing. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She shifted her weight, put her hands in her coat pockets, and pouted, and I realized she was mimicking me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy shifted his weight over to one hip and stashed his notebook in the side pocket of his shorts. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The arm that curved out of the shift’s white sleeve was muscled by field labor, awful thin, but smooth as a child’s. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to have a Gathering,” Thomas said, shifting his legs to get more comfortable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Will shifted his reverie away from the table of girls. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Whatever you want to call it, it was a big shift. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She rose, counted out twenty paces from the target, and shifted the hilt in her hand so that the blade was pointing backward toward the sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Their walk was catlike, a gait that seemed constantly on the edge of shifting into a crouch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At random times Aru’s weapon, Vajra, liked to shift into lightning-bolt form and zip across the sky before turning into a ball and bouncing in front of her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever the Athena Parthenos shifted even slightly, more cracks spread and widened along the floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her hand on the inside of my knee as I shifted gears. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes shift over my face, and he squints, as if weighing and measuring me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He believes the quasars are not at cosmological distances but instead are being ejected, left and right, by the “foreground” galaxy; and that the red shifts are the result of some as-yet-unfathomed mechanism. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They constantly shifted configuration, some expanding by swarming over their neighbors, others imploding when their constituent villages seceded and joined other polities. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This huge room was filled morning, afternoon, and evening with inmates, and my day shift spanned two of those times. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like looking at a funhouse mirror, the image in it constantly shifting, and Maya was fascinated. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, when tectonic shifts in the economy created mountains of wealth. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And he shifted the box to his own back, regardless of the best robe he wore, and she, still speechless, took the handle of the basket. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

My mood immediately shifted from one of pride to shame; I felt that this small boy had far more humanity than I did. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nok watched the boy named Somkit as he expertly shifted gears, weaving around the choppy sections of current as if he knew exactly where to expect them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Those willing to pay the exorbitant fees are shifted backward in time to view history firsthand. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There are not exactly people here but what amounts to canned labor, being preserved between shifts from the heat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joan was still in school, staying late for the Biology Club; Regina was in a nursing class, to be followed by library work and then a night shift after that. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Carl had to get back for his shift, though, so he and I got up early and left. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The rippling light shifted from sea blue and green to purple and sickly lime. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once her unit was shifted over, an officer would be put in over her head, and she would have to follow his orders. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mose Wright shifted in his seat “It seemed lighter than a man’s.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever Ms. Byrd worked a double shift at the hospital on a Friday or Saturday night, Clayton and his grandfather snuck out to find the Bluesmen here or there, but mostly at Washington Square Park. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Instead of fleeing, the bear shifted position to face Cole directly. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I shift my head against the stones to hear him better. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the light shifts, maybe a cloud moves, and that or something else makes me look up, toward the front of the building. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My feet found their strength, and I took off at a full run, Nell bouncing painfully and gripping my shift for her life. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The countermanding of Lola’s casting decision, and the laughter in the boys it provoked, made for a shift in the balance of power. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Alec had shifted all his weight to his knees, stretching his back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I shift my weight from one foot to the other—I feel like I’m intruding on a private moment. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tired eyes that had just come off two shifts in a row. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The horizon shifts like a bright line of buoys. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All about, the forest spoke, sometimes sounds of animals, sometimes the white whirr of insect wings, sometimes only the trees shifting gently. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted her attention to the snow buntings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time stopped, shifted, and went lazily in reverse. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The shift had just looked right that way. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

People were enjoying classical music, certainly, but what this mountain of material demonstrated was a near fatal shift: in classical music away from the new to the old. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He shifts his jaw and lifts his shoulders. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I see Julie following them into Poe’s room, her shift just starting. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Here, in this microcosm, we must look for those factors that somehow shift the marvelously functioning mechanisms of the cell out of their normal patterns. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man cleared his throat and shifted to the edge of his chair. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She blinked twice and shifted her stance, her hands on her hips. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They’d try the junkyard first, hefting iron slabs in case some stray sheet of metal had shifted and pinned me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The motion shifted the wooden platform that the pulley was attached to, which in turn caused the ropes to move. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After getting off my shift, I would sleep in the back of the bus on my ride home. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

My mother shifted to see better when Miles let his arm dangle out the truck window, as if that arm would give her his life story. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When she goes to work on a night shift, she constantly reminds me to lock the doors and windows, and sometimes she calls on the phone if she gets a chance and tells me again. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But Leper stands out for me as the person who was most often and most emphatically taken by surprise, by this and every other shift in our life at Devon. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a solar flare hadn’t shifted the comet off course a week earlier, we’d be watching Fire Snake harmlessly pass Earth in a few days like it had since the beginning of time. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t like Easter because the date keeps shifting and it’s not a big shopping holiday. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We shifted gears a little bit after that, and when I checked the clock, it'd been three hours. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Nice to meet you,” he said, shifting Boots over to his other hip. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It marked a major shift in his calculations about how to survive. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Our pink nights glowed with the raw luminescence of the night shift, of factories running around the clock. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Myrna prodded and shifted the Renault through the city traffic masterfully, weaving in and out of impossibly narrow lanes until they were clear of the last twinkling streetlight of the last swampy suburb. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun shifted, he felt the warmth and brightness sliding off his face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

First, it wasn’t like the entire valley was vaulting toward the sky because of an earthquake or massive shifting of the earth’s crust. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When I went back to school the next day, the first thing I noticed was that there was a big shift in the way things were. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The potatoes under me shifted and the mug of water overturned. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted his weight, wondering how he could get to the gate without stepping on the concrete. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Walter wanted to forget about the whole ordeal, but word spread quickly, and his reputation shifted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You,” she says, pointing at me, “I expected. All the trouble with your aptitude test results made me suspicious from the beginning. But you .. .” She shakes her head as she shifts her eyes to Tobias. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even with all the tumult around him, the noise and quaking and the ground shifting under his feet, he sensed the change. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A carriage with a doctor, and food, and a clean shift. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if half of Bucky’s demonstration had shifted over a couple of blocks. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I shift the gun back to his head, ignoring the pang of guilt in my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Rishi rubbed the back of his neck and somehow shifted subtly forward. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My work shifts were split so haphazardly that it was easy to believe that my superiors had chosen them maliciously. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d cut my last two classes to clock an extra hour on my shift card after my boss texted that a lot of people had called in sick. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But Africa shifts under my hands, refusing to be party to failed relations. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted him back into the crook of her elbow and felt his head with her hand. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Freedom was a thing that shifted as you looked at it, the way a forest is dense with trees up close but from outside, from the empty meadow, you see its true limits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This seemed to trigger some reaction in Trina, and she shifted away from the wall and put her weight fully on her feet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It takes a week to get my sleeping and waking straight so that I’m not struggling through the day shift. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I shifted the rain catcher, only to be unpleasantly surprised a few minutes later when the wind changed once more. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like two fellows on opposite shifts at a factory, Pa went out and Ma came in. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted her face away from the table and sniffed the air, hoping to clear her nostrils. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I hope they understand,” Minli said to herself, shifting the weight of the water jug on her shoulders uncomfortably. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dad got home from his shift at the factory around six, which was normal. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But lately, since he’d hatched this fairy scheme, it was almost as if his father had shifted to the back of his mind. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I shift in my seat, rearranging my skirts so I can more easily reach my sidearm. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The La-Z-Boy groans as he shifts, and then he taps me on the shoulder and hands me a pink envelope. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

They talked a minute, Timmy pointed toward Grandpa’s house, and the stranger, shifting the saddle to his other arm, came back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My cousin Carl had this old ambulance that the county still uses for a backup, and when he had the early shift, he would swing by and give us a ride to school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

So I shift the mattress to the right and find the floorboard that Charlie wants me to find. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes’ progress up the dark tunnel, a distant sound of slowly shifting rock reached Harry’s ears. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I give her my address and then wait, shifting between my feet as I stare at a poster offering free tax help to qualifying families. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She doesn't have an actual shell, of course, but whatever hard casing that protects her from life literally shifts before my eyes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She shifted a can of pears, a shriveled carrot, and two small potatoes to one side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The stairs creaked with every shift of weight as they descended the dozen or so steps. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So he lay back down, groaning from the effort, and in doing so felt the limp body of the puppy shift inside his shirt. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I did a sketch of a food cart where my mother was applying for a shift. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s too late now. I’m on the split shift.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns to the crimson tree and it glows brighter, the red of embers shifting to the bright warmth of fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You got...what...fifteen minutes left on your shift? You can go ahead and go. I’ll clock you out regular.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Slowly but surely, my teammates’ hands land on top of mine, and I can feel the air shift. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He had just finished a ten- hour shift, eggs over easy and cheeseburgers since 5:00 a.m. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He felt dizzy whenever he shifted his position. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was something amiss; Ophie knew it, but the dread in her chest shifted to bone-numbing fear, and she couldn’t stop to think about what was happening. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

So when she brought the lunch in, I told her how thankful I was that she had been looking after me, and how happy I was that she had taken those extra shifts. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The attention had shifted and Naheed could feel herself returning to her normal size, but she also felt really bad. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The talk stopped; and I shifted my posture near the communicating door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes shifted their focus slightly, looking over my shoulder and narrowing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kresney shifts in her chair, her smile fixed on her face. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dad shifted on the bed, both his hands pushing down on the mattress. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Major Danby was swearing some more and still shifting his eyes about uneasily. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But Jordie didn’t speak, he didn’t blink, his gaze didn’t shift as the tide dragged him free of the pylon and began to carry him out to sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Feeling that nothing more was required of her, Briony went to sit on the Chesterfield and watched from her mother’s perspective the chivalrous unease that shifted between Leon and the policemen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She saw Vandara shift uneasily in her seat and knew that her accuser noticed the difference too. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steam had thinned for a moment, and three people stood in sharp relief against the shifting mist. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The woman with painted toes shifts from one foot to the other. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s good I got the photo of Mateo sleeping when I did—yeah, yeah, creepy, we established that—because his face is shifting, his left eye twitching. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

However much things may appear to change—the sea may shift from whisper to rage, the sky might go from fresh blue to blinding white to darkest black—the geometry never changes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the early 1620s, as the Thirty Years War temporarily shifted in favour of the Catholic side, the political situation in Italy changed in ways that would affect Galileo dramatically. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This is wont with my training in the face of sudden turns or shifts in events. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older guy, Larry, started shifting positions in his seat like his butt was heating up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A little buzz was going around the room as people shifted in their seats. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Jon shifted the bucket to his right hand and thrust his left down into the bloody bits. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Con shifted in the dark, uncrossing his legs and trying to find a more comfortable position. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It looks like an oval of colors, greens and blues, yellows and purples, all constantly shifting. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For over a century, institutional care for Americans suffering from serious mental illness shifted between prisons and hospitals set up to manage people with mental illness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had no way of knowing things would shift again, that I wasn’t as alone as I thought after all. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Isa heard the rain stick’s pebbles shift back and forth on the water wall. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My first shift started at four o’clock the next morning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once the door closes behind me, I hear a thud like a dead bolt shifting into place. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It shifted, tightening itself into a more compact coil, looking more like it was defending territory than getting ready to leave. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There were a few snickers as Zart, the quiet big guy who watched over the Gardens, shifted in his seat. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She shifted her eyes to Gen. “So what is it?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I know that if there is complication in every assignment, a shift or turn that can newly show events in either shadow or light, this is the way our world has always been written. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the dimness three or four stringy-haired girls would nod, once, and bite the corner of their lips, and shift their eyes away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In June, Nixon publicly made a major shift in his strategy and announced a new policy, called Vietnamization. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t say anything, but she senses a shift, a softening. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My options were shifting: My best hope now was to stay put behind the electrified fence and wait for my parents to come through and rescue me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Use of electrodes also allowed researchers to measure the time that it takes the brain to reallocate resources when attention shifts. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“She comes here after working a night shift, almost every day. To spend her time here! She is doing his time for him!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If things got worse in Europe, philanthropic spending would grind to a halt in the United States; even if the war clouds dispelled, millions of dollars would shift to Europe for economic reconstruction. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One day, after I finished my shift, a deputy superintendent gave me permission to look through two manila folders in which he kept a lot of old newspaper clippings and prison memorabilia. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slept hard, waking only to shift positions on the rocky ground. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In the drunken shifting torchlight, they saw Luwin struggling with the direwolf, beating at his muzzle with one hand while the jaws closed on the other. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Albert shifted and his eyes briefly softened, but then he said, “Enough.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Without quite shifting her position, Lola seemed to move away, or to move her shoulders, half shrug, half sway, to free herself of Briony’s sympathetic touch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The older girl dashed back to the cabin to shuck off her shift and quickly pull on her day clothes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was no sound of shifting armor, no muttering or cursing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I reach out to lower the book, but he shifts his body back from me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted in my seat, the wooden board hard and cold against my rear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As she read her voice was louder and seemed to shift in key. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and felt the heavy weight of my braid shift. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Several of Red’s friends shifted toward Ben, keeping to the edges of the crowd. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years I’d felt a certain smugness about how easily I had made the shift from war to peace. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted from one foot to another, rubbing the tangle of raw meat that was his hands. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Push in the clutch, shift, gas, clutch, shift, gas, drive. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I think she feels guilty that she works morning shifts and sometimes has to work at night and doesn’t get to see us. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I look over at the locker room, expecting some mutual friend of ours, but Tats shifts me to face the weight room, a separate facility that is connected to the gymnasium through an inconspicuous door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

That’s when I started running jobs for people, and now I take all the late shifts I can at work, and forget the underage work laws, because I don’t care. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The shifting Santa Ana winds have made it unseasonably warm for March. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Her grey, sun-strained eyes stared straight ahead, but she had deliberately shifted our relations, and for a moment I thought I loved her. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

My dad let me pick up extra shifts since it was the Christmas break. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Fred and I are off duty this shift, so we volunteered to take it from the other two guys who are normally here.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When the bound man was fatigued, the three shifted the rope to another of their number, and so made their way over days to Hampton and Lord Dunmore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My shoulder shifts in and out of place, dislocating each time I jerk and try to free myself. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The colors in the yard shifted with the clouds, turned from yellow to light green. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t bother putting a skirt or bodice over my shift to haul water from the well. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know, Dèja, stretching steel shrieks, clangs as joints shift? Something told me the tower was dying. “‘Come on, Mrs. Able. We’ve got to move faster. Come on.’ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Caleb’s eyes shift to the open door behind me, and he seizes the chair, turning and swinging it into my body. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"Start it again. . . . Now, don't think, just shift. ... I said, don't think." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Dad shifted his own Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag on his shoulder. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She flops back on the trampoline, and we all bounce slightly with her shifting weight. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, pottery is owned by sedentary societies: what nomad wants to carry a collection of heavy pots, as well as weapons and the baby, every time he or she shifts camp? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sustained,” the judge said, and while the jury moved out of the courtroom, Sheriff Smith shifted uncomfortably on the stand. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And then there is a shift, a movement in front of him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was no shifting, no clearing of throats, no coughing, and no restlessness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim's place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

If the wind should shift, the fire “might invade the South Division itself, and come up under the impulsion of that fierce wind, and where should we all be then?” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun shifted a little lower in the sky, and all at once the brown river was tricked out with bits of glittering sun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can see the feeling shifting the skin on his face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But if the train suddenly brakes and the inside container shifts, it can press them against the other container and kill them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She looked like a younger version of Mom after a twelve-hour shift in the chicken factory, or Dad after a long day of baling hay. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a mad scramble to shift furniture and get pans and bowls and buckets in all the places where the roof leaked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Listen to the engine, depress the clutch, shift, gas, release, steer, check your mirrors, signal your turn, look twice for motorcycles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

How the flames are made to shift from one vibrant hue to another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Through the thin walls, I hear Pop's snores, Nan shifting in her sleep, a mourning dove's croon. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Inside, it was long shifts around hot furnaces. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

One of the nurses will probably end her shift soon, and rain on a tin roof is loud. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Corporal shifted slowly and gazed stony faced down the road. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Matt shifted his gaze from one to the other. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were restless, grumbling, spitting, shifting their heavy equipment. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s that the timing of stops and starts of each person’s micromovements — the jump and shifts of body and face — were perfectly in harmony. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that many officers, rather than plow through all this when their shift was over, would just drop the contraband in a trash can by the front gate and be done with it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift the goods in my arms to take Alan’s hand. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

That white crinkly paper underneath my body means that I literally can't shift a muscle without making the same noise as eating potato chips. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And the watchers on the shore saw the wind shift, the waves subside, and the Greek ship leave the harbor, flying under full sail to the sea beyond. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted on her feet as he frowned, surveying her in turn. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Cas winced as she shifted her injured arm and was glad for the pain, because it was better to focus on that than on the ache growing in her heart. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I assume they are just finishing the night shift, because they are hunched over screens, their chins propped on their hands, or slumped against broomsticks, barely remembering to sweep. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t paying attention to what she said, because as she stood up the shadows shifted and the firelight fell on the wall of the hut. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, to right, to left, all around him, the watchers stood patient, faceless, silent, the shifting patterns of their delicate armor making them all but invisible in the wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She shifted another box of tea to look behind it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was mumbling, fading in and out of lucidity, shifting between English and Polish. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She shifts on the exam table, tearing the paper beneath her with her thigh, and gives me another sour look. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And he hadn’t eaten dinner the night before, or slept, but he was so far from hungry or tired, and he had some time to collect himself before his shift began, so he did. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t shift my eyes from the scarred man, but I find the gun with my fingertips and wrap my hand around the handle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She shifted into D, and turned the wheel so it would head straight down the road to the barn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc stared at me hard for a moment, and something seemed to shift in him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lionel, the busboy, entertains us for the rest of the shift by standing just behind Stu’s back and sucking deliriously on an imaginary joint or maybe a pipe. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cousins shift a little, and he pulls out something that he puts into his mouth—a toothpick. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He twisted the bottom of his T-shirt, shifting nervously on his goat hooves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

All of these features distinguish Jomon people from observed modern hunter-gatherers who shift base every few weeks, build only shelters, and burden themselves with few and easily portable possessions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes and see a panoply of shifting color and forms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

If I weren’t such a coward, or a Decker, I would lean against Rufus, shifting my weight against him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She yanked the shift over her head and tossed it to the floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not that I was keeping track, but it had been six weeks since Ben died, and I was beginning to feel things shift just a little for the better. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She could feel the stories she told herself and the stories she told others shifting around, overlapping, changing shades. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The ship suddenly groaned and shifted into a deeper tilt. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The contraption kicked him when he cranked, spat oil in his face when he looked into its bowels, squealed when he mashed the brakes, and rumbled ominously when he shifted gears. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Denna shifted in her sleep, then started to slide sideways and jerked awake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Otto shifted to my back to get a better view of what I was doing as I set up the board on my mother’s worktable. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our father’s not home from the night shift yet, and our mother’s already on the way to her job. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The floorboards creak as I shift my weight and stall. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he shifted his eyes, the mask seemed whole, and yet an instant later something else would grow dim. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The staff is allowed to go inside in shifts to retrieve records and personal items. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother scurries to her son on her knees and tenderly wraps him in her arms, trying to protect him, shifting her body away from Compass Tattoo. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Men now raised the king, and laying cloaks upon spear-truncheons they made shift to bear him away towards the City; and others lifted Éowyn gently up and bore her after him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He used to be my father’s, but when the old man died about six months ago, my ma shifted him onto me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There were lonely big slides and microscopically out of line desks and lunch tables that survived gravity shifts. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Maureen was in the front seat with Mom, who had started the engine and was practicing her gear shifts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Up on top it was quiet, everything squashed down below us, the loudest noise the squeak of the bolts as the wind shifted our car just so. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The lump beneath the blankets shifts, and she mumbles something. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Before us stood a mountain of a woman who looked even more imposing because of the brightly colored Hawaiian shift she wore. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She smiled and shifted the child in her arms. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The direction of the wind abruptly shifted, and the melody that had been running through the leaves changed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were stacks of garments—folded tunics and pants, sleeping shifts and wraps for the occasional cool evenings—all of them cut from the same soft gray-green cloth. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jonathan, trying to understand what was happening, saw the men shift about. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s quite a shift. That kind of leap in personality between generations is almost genetically impossible these days.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” my mom said, “we can distribute flyers tomorrow at the festival. We must make the people of Canal Grove understand what’s going on. But for now let’s get ready for the dinner shift.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Out of the chaos and confusion, the evenly spaced octave was born and we have lived with that huge shift in Western music ever since. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“All life is interconnected. If one species moves away or becomes extinct, the order shifts,” said Vern. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Trevor’s mom’s shift didn’t start until that night, so she was going to drop us off and pick us up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

One time they switched me from the night shift to the day shift, so I worked sixteen hours straight. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s sprawled on her back, and there is a piece of hair covering her nose and mouth that shifts with each exhale. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He groped for words, and ended up shifting in frustration back to Common Tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu liked Sunday mornings, the slow shifting of time, when she, dressed for church, would sit in the living room with her father while her mother got ready. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was a shift in mental language, a surrendering of where I was from. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sullen and unheeding, Argaven stared at the fire, shifting from foot to foot. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But now the darkness on the other side of his eyelids shifted and there was light, like when his father flicked on the switch to wake him up for school. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Max made a pouty face and spun around to face the shifting digital wallpaper behind him—currently a pattern of multicolored vector lines. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She shifted the little girl to stand in front of her. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Cersei had tom up the first shift they gave her, demanding the return of her own clothes, but that only left her naked and shivering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“If I’m on the night shift, I can’t get there until six thirty. If I’m on the day shift, I will have to meet you at five.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was too young to study opera, but she heard something in my voice and took a chance, shifting me toward serious study. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Cathy was shifting from one foot to another, chewing on her lower lip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sea spray struck Reed’s cheek as he stood, testing the shifting sand with his toes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dad shifts the engine into first, the truck starts its roll. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Rashid shoved harder, shifting a bunch of boards and debris that were in the way. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She pulled a torn sleeping shift from the ragbag and, using her teeth to start, she ripped it into several strips. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“If you get it,” I said, “I’ll walk you to your shifts when I’m not in school.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her underthings hung heavily on her slim frame, a stained white shift dripping ghostly water onto the floorboards of the trolley. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We line up in five rows, squatting and shifting, the only moves he has taught us. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling paced the aisles for so long the laughter faded into suppressed giggles, then uneasy silence and shifting in seats. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The brown boulders covered in slippery seaweed looked like hairy trolls, and the medium stones shifted below us. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The youngest of the black brothers shifted uncomfortably in his seat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Of more lasting significance was a large-scale population shift within Africa itself, the Bantu expansion. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many shifts she was kept running from one patient to another, making sure amputees were stable, caring for the burn patients. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A horse’s body is a constantly shifting topography, with a bobbing head and neck and roiling muscle over the shoulders, back, and rump. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hides her knowledge well....The silence went on, everybody afraid to speak, thoughts crisscrossing in the overfull air, eyes averted, shifting, lowered at last to the ground. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their expressions shifted, and Pinmei watched their shock transform into desire. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

At any rate, it made her shift uncomfortably and push at her bangs until she remembered two of Trotter’s trusty sentences for emergency use and offered both of them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

President Ratcliffe sometimes puts them on double watch shifts, so that they get no rest, and they go around red-eyed and bad-tempered. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The others surfaced around me, squealing and holding their ears, everyone feeling the pressure that accompanied quick temporal shifts. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Because he worked the night shift, he would make sure we got busy doing our homework, and by the time he had to leave for work, my mother would be walking in the door. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His eyes shifted toward Mr. Pen-danski on one side of him, then to the Warden and Mr. Sir on the other. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A few times a week, they force him to work the night shift, too. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I need a favor. Do you think between the two of you, you could finish my shift?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Powell grunted and shifted from one sheet to the other mechanically until his blurred sight focused upon a thin red line that wobbled its way across the ruled paper. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

In Marie-Laure’s mind, it shifts and gleams, draws needles and thorns in the air. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The leaves of the magnolia trees shift and shimmer in the breeze like a mirage, but I don’t see anyone—only the shadows of the coming night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Jam felt its presence shift as it concealed itself from Redemption. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes to see that he had shifted slightly, so his face pointed toward the corner off to my right. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Now that Elsie and I are out of clues, and the second tryout is only a couple days away, we decide to shift all our focus into not failing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

That is, until Four’s eyes shift to my arm around Will’s, and all the humor drains from them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Jackson flashes me that wicked grin of his again before his eyes shift to something over my shoulder. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And then, the woman begins to shift her consciousness from the dead father to the absent son, her husband. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, relaxed, and let the balance shift. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“The afternoon shift isn’t over. Get to work or you’ll get no dinner!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And an expert’s incentives may shift 180 degrees, depending on the situation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The barn was darkening gradually and, in their stalls, the horses shifted their feet and rattled the halter chains. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift my weight, and address the sheriff. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Sensing a trap, I’m about to let my arrow fly, hoping it finds his heart before the trident impales me, when he shifts his hand and something on his wrist catches the sunlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mia spent all afternoon there, until it was time for her shift at the bar. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just for a second the curtain shifted and I saw him. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The currents shifting, as though something was swirling and swimming, creating eddies under the surface. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The gun quivered in my hand, following the dark, shifting patterns of the smoke. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Their eyes look happy and sad at the same time, but unexcited by anything, shifting easily off to the side as if they’ve already seen most of what there is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, at the last second, Fred shifted his weight just so to keep it from capsizing. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They’re oblivious to me, of course, and I shift my backpack out of the way before it gets stepped on. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The news then shifts to a report on drug cocktails and what they do to you when you take them. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For eight days, on alternate four-hour shifts, he watched with aching and bleary eyes those glinty metallic forms move against the vague background. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When he pulled it free, whatever was inside shifted and clinked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They gave her a shift of grey roughspun wool and a pair of ill-fitting shoes, and sent her off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They camped in a dry gully bordered by a tangle of shrubs, and took shifts dozing on the hard rock ground and keeping watch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dad tells me a few more times, between my holiday shifts at Pagoda and his new meditation routine, that he thinks I’m cool. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The extra guard duty shifts are killing him. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid down the oar and shifted back onto the bow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He showed them how to chop carrots and blanch greens, shifting our family away from the fluorescent sameness of the grocery store and toward the rhythm of the seasons. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo shifted from one foot to the other as the silence extended. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Now that he recognized in his heart how he had changed, he had to shift his mind-set, his angry, mean-spirited ways. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Idiptu gestured at a shifting black cloud at the far end of the alley. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It shifts over his Adam’s apple when he swallows. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The sun had shifted round, and the myriad windows of the Ministry of Truth, with the light no longer shining on them, looked grim as the loopholes of a fortress. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He automatically shifts and wraps an arm around my waist, tucking me into my usual spot in the cozy curve of his body. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He shifted in his chair; with the tip of his tongue he wet his lips. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next four constructions allow a writer to shift a phrase rightward when it is too heavy or too newsworthy to be taking up space in the middle of a sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he said, his expression shifting, becoming more thoughtful. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It makes him shift and breathe suddenly more deeply, as if remembering to be alive. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he can ask I add: “The trucker who killed my dad and brother fell asleep behind the wheel. He’d been working three shifts in a row. They settled with my mom.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Violet felt her oatmeal and raspberries shift around in her stomach as if she had just caught the flu. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

By this time, his goal had shifted from sailing to educating himself. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The crowd shifts, putting me at the center of it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I arrive at the start of a shift or the end of a break, assess the damage wrought by the guests in my absence, count the full carts that await me, and plunge in. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t in the eleven o’clock shift, but I was more than happy to leave. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she measured the height with her eyes, raised one leg up, placed it on the top of the log, shifted her weight, and picked up her other foot. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The truth was, the legal system had its own unassailable logic, a logic that couldn’t be shifted. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He took two jobs in back-to-back shifts at the Atlanta airport, an hour’s commute by rail. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The rest of the students shifted in their seats, packing up their backpacks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But Majesty,” began one of the warriors, shifting uneasily, “we caught them...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And then the bookshelf shifted beneath his foot. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So we are going to leave Hazel for a moment and step into the glimmering, shifting world. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The ground beneath Nathan tilted and shifted his balance, while everyone else stood firmly. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Hamlet’s mood shifted, like a violent storm whose fury is spent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A young man shifts so that his small circle becomes a large one with the group next to him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of the women went away and came back with a green wool shift that was almost her size. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the next ballot, other states shifted to Garfield, giving him a few dozen votes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She continued down the row of stunted carrots, working in the rich fertilizer that Maesie, the Academy’s cook, had given her at the start of her shift. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I shift over to lie down, and then I pull him down with me—chest to chest, limbs in a tangle. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He sat on a gunny sack full of the corn that Robert and Josiah had dried last year, and when he shifted his weight even slightly, he could hear the hard kernels move. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The air shifted, and when she opened her eyes, there was no Shetani before her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He shifted the twigs in his hands, and Kira could see that he was reluctant to get involved in her problems and fearful of his own fate. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The southern sky was aswirl with glowing, shifting colors, the reflections of the great fires that burned below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The distance of the galaxy yields its age—and its Doppler shift yields its velocity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe the sheriff doesn’t notice how she’s shifted her weight back, putting a few more inches of space between the two of them, but I do. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was working myself up, madder by the minute, when I heard Andrew Carr, the boy behind me, shifting his feet on the floor. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all this time, her sudden mood shifts still catch me off guard. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A moment later, she felt the bed shift as someone sat down. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The trunk was filled, the back seat seemed a glittering dump heap; unnoticed, unmentioned by even his grandson, the ailing old man was all but hidden under the shifting, dangerously chiming cargo. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jacobs said, and he shifted nervously in his seat once more. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He shifts in his seat and leans forward, his elbows on his knees, as if he’s telling me a story. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next few days, the camaradas worked all day in shifts, not stopping until near midnight. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She shifted beside me, started scratching at her arms, fidgeting with the buttons on her tight white blouse. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I shift my bag filled with straws behind my back. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I shift along with him, now looking at a navy-and-burgundy wall hanging. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Rumor had it that the corporation had slowed the clocks to squeeze even more minutes out of the long summer shift. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His exultant expression shifted into one of doubt, and he squinted uncomfortably in the flashlight beam. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hummingbird on her Hawaiian shift plunged its swordlike beak between the mounds of her bottom. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

On the ground her bag shifted slightly: Cinnamon was stirring. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She tried to ignore the shifting shadows she saw ahead—various creatures ducking out of sight. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Chairs are shifted, beds pulled out, blankets unfolded—nothing stays where it is during the daytime. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As miners came off shift, the union signed up those willing to strike. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

A common error in student writing is to shift the tense from a main clause to a subordinate one even when they refer to the same time period. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Our part of District 12, nicknamed the Seam, is usually crawling with coal miners heading out to the morning shift at this hour. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lynn shifts her weight from one foot to the other, her eyes flicking around the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He'd have to wait until sundown for the next shift change. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Fish and meat served side by side, so many courses that people had to eat in shifts, the food still in the pans they were cooked in crowding the table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For as long as she could remember, she had been sensitive to all the shifting meridians of energy around her, and her years at the Academy had sharpened and honed her awareness of them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s the resplendent quetzal,” I said, shifting my weight from one foot to another. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

This suggested that the red shift was instead caused by the expansion of the universe, which, in turn, meant that the object was a very long distance away. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At your house. She went over to clean early. She’s doing lunch shift at the restaurant today.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her beautiful eyes watched mildly as Will reddened and shifted uncomfortably; and for a moment Mrs. Coulter looked uncannily like her daughter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sticky’s horrified expression shifted into one of anger. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

You feel it coming on halfway through a shift or later, and you can interpret it the normal way as a symptom of a kind of low-level illness, curable with immediate rest. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were eating in shifts, because there aren't enough chow kits for everyone. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

No sir, not any more—they can shift for themselves, now.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He nods and shifts his books to the other hand so that his free hand is now next to mine. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A wind had begun to trouble the top of the spire and the smoke shifted and they could smell it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every morning is like this, and it is for the other new guys, too: Your stomach lets you know, just before the shift starts, what it thinks of this job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will shift to the night sky in two hours, so it’ll feel just like home for us.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a radical shift from the kind of assignment that dominates high school writing instruction today, in which students are asked to write memoirs and personal reflections. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Owwww,” he said, wincing at the shift, and even moving his mouth to speak made his face hurt. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stubbs shifted one leg over the other. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth shifted, trying to keep her weight off her throbbing ankle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dragging the sleepy boy behind her, she ran down the sandy path to the fire circle, still in her sleeping shift. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He shifted into neutral and raced the motor a little, as if to hear how it sounded. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They fidgeted in their seats, subtly adjusting their grips on the oars, shifting their weight, adjusting angles, trying to keep their muscles from knotting up and freezing in place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The wind shifted; he was enveloped in smoke. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He inhaled, taking in the familiar smell of old books all around him, listening to the faint creak of his chair as he shifted in it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, you did draw it,” Francis says, shifting her tools to the other counter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To the extent that major changes are achieved without a complete shift, the system will rebound. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I should never have been shifted in the first place, and now that I was sent back to clean up the mess they should aid me as quickly as possible. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna wished she could shift her stool closer to the door, to fresh air. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As radio and newspapers spread the story, the mood in America shifted quickly from shock to fury to vows of revenge. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus shifts to a new subject like the old one was never discussed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even when we ate on the floor in the living room, I'd catch her eyes shift to the door when she heard a noise. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twinkle is caused by the starlight having to penetrate the atmosphere, which moves and shifts, but up here above the atmosphere the stars bum steadily and brightly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank leisurely removed his coat and donned a leather apron while Bob, the horse, patiently shifted from one foot to the other. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted her weight nervously as the condor face of the man who had taken her from Sam flashed into her visual memory. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I’m about to look back down—but something shifts in the corner of my vision. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I do, the selkies shift, and I spot someone else with them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Three-quarters of its ruins were still covered with shifting sand; she liked the thought that she was named after a mysterious place of buried secrets. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The shifting light in my bedroom starts to reflect from the pool outside my balcony, and the glow startles me back into reality. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I open the plastic lid, I grin, because I know something has shifted in my stomach—not the big Shift, but something concrete—and I am going to eat this. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him, to shift her burden to him, but she was silent. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

His green eyes shift back and forth as he searches for the right place, his fingers nimble, built for turning pages. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The sun warmed the water; Luke began to shift uncomfortably. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Your first technical support shift begins in seven hours,” the HR computer droned softly in my ear. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted to hang out after our shift and I said, “I got plans.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Heads lifted at the jarring of the doors, but unlike the irritation mirrored on all faces when Master Hyrrokkin had laughed, this time they registered surprise before shifting into adulation or envy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Noodle comes back early, an hour before the end of my shift. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But it’s fixed in space, not shifting when I move. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just want to finish my shift, get home, and read the rest of Charlie’s note. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

After shifting back down into a comfortable position, she hugs him a little tighter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But despite its hints at the shift from modes to keys, Miserere mei is still framed within the medieval Phrygian mode, often noted for its air of melancholy. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There’s an astonished pause, with men on both sides of the car shifting in their bunks to get a look at this loud intruder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They flipped a coin to see who got the first shift. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted and twisted until Laleh got annoyed and leaned against the window instead. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s the hottest day of the year, and I’ve got a day shift in the city. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was all too aware of how close his leg was, but she couldn’t bring herself to shift away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

One obvious way of accomplishing deseg-regation would have been to shift students among these three schools and change the compositions of their respective enrollments. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was searching the ground for the lacy flowers of the wild carrot when I caught a shift in the shadows ahead of me, a flash of motion among the tree trunks. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” she said, and shifted her gaze back to the duel just in time to see Renault cry out and stumble back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was causing the terrain to shift around them - opening new trenches, changing the slope of the land, throwing up new walls and columns. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A wind picked up, rattling the windows, and the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead, the electronic track momentarily shifts to a different melody, as if it had hit a glitch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Those with higher numbers shift impatiently in their seats as they wait for the man with the notebook to reappear and politely call out the number on their respective slips of paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The words were a quiet punctuation to the larger sounds of the ocean and coast outside: gulls calling, the surf, the creak and shift of the wrecked ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She moved to step around the doorman, but he shifted to block her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There, heading right, toward Burden Hill, he shifted it into high gear and revved the motor up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I kept shifting in my seat, untying and retying my shoelaces. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes followed the shifting stars as they twinkled in the early morning sky. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Celia feels it before she hears the applause echoing from the courtyard, the shift that suddenly spreads through the circus like a wave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He said it was so I would stay alert during my shift, but really I think he just liked to punch me in the arm for random reasons. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then she took a deep breath, shifted her hips around, and grimaced. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She bounced her knees, shifting the big child upwards on her hip. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

An electric atmosphere excited the great, shifting masses of black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been some sort of miracle that these sweeps were never during his shift. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Calvin shifted his weight from one foot to the other, his eyes on the floor. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’s Mother, so meek, and blind in one eye, her hair falling out, and her shift full of holes — making a fool of his lordship. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Roberto quickly directed my attention to the officer with a shift of his eyes and put his index finger to his lips, hushing me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The hand shifts awkwardly over my hair, and I remember my father stroking my hair when he kissed me goodnight, my mother touching my hair when she trimmed it with the scissors. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My load of books felt heavier than usual, and I shifted the weight of them to my other arm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Behind him the three soldiers, clearly impatient, shifted uneasily. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Break into a Gringotts vault?” repeated the goblin, wincing a little as he shifted his position upon the bed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I shift my weight a little so the hemline rides even higher, now halfway up my goose-bumped thigh. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

New shifts of street police begin making their rounds. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I shift slightly to the right, putting an inch of space between us. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He shifts on his stool, letting one of his knees graze against Henry’s under the bar, nudging them apart. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Malcolm shifted the rucksack awkwardly, and an idea came to him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The girl raised herself on her elbows to answer him, and as she did, the book on her stomach shifted ever so slightly. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The day shift was far easier mentally and physically. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Charlie gunned it, trying to shift quickly through the gears, but it stuck in third, and the transmission chewed metal like it was grinding bones. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“That slip of a lass’ll never shift that shell,” croaked the gunner. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I fidget and shift, exchanging one prickly branch for another. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Shadows were shifting across the nearest mountain, forming the face of a sleeping woman. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Tubs’s left arm began to ache from the weight of the chocolates and he shifted his burden to his other arm, taking a moment to pat the reassuring bulge of his wallet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gaze shifts from that eye to the bull hook in my hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The man had paused in the road and hoisted the wooden jiggeh higher on his back, shifting the cumbersome weight. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Donatelli was sitting on his legs shouting, shift your weight, shift your weight. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted her position a little and looked straight at Poirot. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes now, I wake at night, thinking I have heard the sound of my father’s footsteps on the stairs, or the shuffling boots and low murmur of the hoot-owl shift going to work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hard edge of the narrow pew bit into her thigh, in spite of every gingerly effort to shift her weight. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She blinks blinks blinks before shifting her focus back to the poster on the closet door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The girl nods gravely and shifts her attention to the watch, her hands clasped behind her back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The shifting torchlight made the steps seem to move beneath his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I feel him shift quietly as he laces his fingers through mine. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I shift, and wince as something digs into my back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a little work the debris could be shifted, small logs and dry limbs placed between boulders to form a barrier that only flood water could pour through. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The scent trail shifts, causing the predator to miss the pounce. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well”—Trotter shifted her weight to her left foot, keeping her eyes on the carrots she was scraping—“William Ernest is in the living room watching Sesame Street.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In a heartbeat, my worries shift from my glitch to the danger of losing the only moneymaking gig that I have. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes even I questioned this path I’d chosen, but I had to shift my thinking and convince myself that the struggles I was experiencing served a purpose. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Sierra squinted into the shifting luminescence of the moon’s reflection, trying to adjust her eyes, and then she was sure of it: A glow was rising beneath her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then a flurry of hurried footsteps in the hallway before Mariam and the children were in the living room, their eyes shifting from her to Rasheed and back. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Twig’s eyebrows pinched as she noticed my mood shift for the first time, but she stepped back and handed me the egg. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It could shift at the last second,” Mr. Lucas said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I shift my weight to my other leg, my eyes still scanning the room for Emery. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She shifts her weight back and forth a bit before saying, “It was a weird summer.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Most of the agents shifted gears after learning the buyer’s race and steered him to houses in all-black areas. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soon I lie awake, staring at the ceiling as the light shifts across my room, everything giving way to numbness as morning drifts into afternoon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then the man shifts the gun down, to David’s feet, and fires. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The man merely shifted him to the other shoulder. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It took him a moment to shift gears. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

That’s Dad’s personal life motto, even though he ended up alone and working the night shift, collecting tolls at the bridge, where he needs neither talent nor a good work ethic. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

These names, like many others, have shifted hard and fast of late. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But when we broke off the interstate and started navigating the burned- out landscape of the Bronx, we could feel her energy shifting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Apa shifts in his seat and begins to mutter, This is going to take all day. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Nor was it just in his madrigals that Monteverdi started shifting chords around for the sheer surprise and delight of it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Babou shifted the sugar cube around in his mouth, clacking it against his teeth. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

No matter how many hours or even how many shifts, when I came home I left work behind. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Half-bloods get used to it, I guess. Or maybe not used to it, but ...” I shifted uncomfortably. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They announced that the venue of the trial was to be shifted from Johannesburg to Pretoria, thirty-six miles away. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama shifted from one foot to the other, her back still to us. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing down here? Your work shift with me isn’t until tomorrow. Maesie has you today, doesn’t she?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The green vine shifted suddenly, every part at once moving up, down, or sideways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we can sit in shifts in the dining hall and eat a whole potato; now and then we get a little margarine. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When she remained upright, Chaol shifted on his feet, and the prince glanced at his captain before lifting his chin a bit higher. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Two planks in the bulkhead shifted apart like they were made of rubber, and the girl disappeared into the darkness. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He shifted to look at my face, then reached out and touched my arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She shifts, and the springs pop and settle. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yet in the 1950s, a civil rights movement was brewing, emboldened by the Supreme Court’s decisions and a shifting domestic and international political environment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He shifted uneasily in his seat and fumbled with his napkin. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They think he has a crush on you,” Fred says, “so he plays it to his advantage. And they were happy to get an extra shift off.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She shifts her sandaled feet, flicking the toe of one sandal with the toe of the other. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the detonation creates some tectonic shift in the building’s rubble, and there is a snap followed by multiple cascades in the darkness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He shifted his weight, looking down at me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She shifts Jaimito, who has finally quieted down and fallen asleep in her lap. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand was still on the lift shift. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bag shifted, then lifted, and a face emerged. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her eyes shift to her son in disbelief. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They shifted on the branches, muttering and raising their wings. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After dispersing, some of the demonstrators organized shifts, and kept them tolling all over camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or had his own attention and expectancy shifted him into this state of higher awareness? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Uncle Chester’s cabin rattled and creaked and moaned and shifted as the wind battered it again and again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

To be honest, due to my nine months of experience, my shifts fluctuate from night to day week after week. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

All the other parents are shifting in their seats and checking their phones. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ash shifted uncomfortably on the hard wooden seat, and as she pulled back the hood of her cloak to look up at the blue sky, she heard hunting horns in the distance. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was labor she recognized, she understood the elemental rhythms of planting and harvest, the lessons and imperatives of the shifting seasons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As I hugged her, as we languorously shifted and knotted, the Object’s attitudes of insensibility included favorable positioning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His work often included night shifts which meant broken sleep. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted the rock pendant from the neck of her shift. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted from foot to foot, like she was trying to decide whether or not to say more. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I shift, it’s too warm in here, the smell of stale perfume makes me feel a little sick. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all moving—shifting gears and lowering pipe, waving others into position or, at the very least, talking at full speed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had just switched over to catcher from second base—partially because my coach realized I noticed stuff like a shifted stance—and I was still getting my bearings. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The people from Las Pasturas were like the wind, and the fragrances they carried on their clothing shifted as the wind shifted. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let Gina drive to make sure she knew how to drive a stick shift. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Lady Meng shifted her gaze, tossing her hair so it made a black cloud above them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His arms were still locked across his chest and he was shifting from foot to foot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He uses a long-handled spatula to shift and retrieve the bread. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He shifted Nick's rapier, which he had somehow retained through our ducking in the river, and strode off. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before I left the apartment to log a double shift at BJ’s I tapped out an email to Nicole: Sorry I was an idiot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Claws, at least,” Jesper said, shifting his gaze to his own bony bare feet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The rose petals swirl madly with the sudden shift in the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She has the afternoon shift at the library, sometimes even the evening one. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

More surprising still was the finding that Hubble published in 1929: even the size of a galaxy’s red shift is not random, but is directly proportional to the galaxy’s distance from us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously, the movement’s center of gravity shifted to Washington, DC. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When I smile, she nods and shifts her dreaming elsewhere. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The smallest shift in her gaze brought her Leon’s face, but he was staring politely at his friend and seemed determined not to meet her eye. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Remember those extra shifts they offered me at work?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sam pushes the stick shift into gear, and the vehicle lurches forward, weed killer sloshing in the giant tanks behind us. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The job, for her, was a welcome shift in routine, and for our family it was also more or less a financial necessity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The man or large woman whose back I’d been leaning against shifted slightly, then settled lower. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small talk before and after shifts is encouraged by the D-C administrators; mini-opportunities to connect with those in possession of tomorrows. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I shifted in my chair, making it squeak, hoping that would get her attention. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The group in front of him shifted and laughter shivered outwards from among them, light, excited laughter that went echoing among the tall rocks. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I—” Joey blinked, coughed, swallowed, cleared his throat, shifted his feet, and twitched. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The probationers worked their shifts in the wards, studied three hours a day in their spare time, and slept. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The conversation shifts from school to mutual friends to inside jokes I’m not a part of—relief rushes over me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In his younger days Amarante had often run a backhoe, but now he had trouble holding the clutch down long enough to push the shifting lever into gear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In shifts, lots, batches, mixed in with other families, they migrated, in six months and four journeys, to Kentucky, where there were mines and mill-work. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benny began to shift from foot to foot. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Rishi moved his arm out of her way, shifting uncomfortably, and she realized she'd just breathed on him and probably grossed him out. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s not the Shift, but it’s a shift. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

This surge of public concern did not correspond to a dramatic shift in illegal drug activity, but instead was the product of a carefully orchestrated political campaign. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He stared at the ceiling, which was bathed in the shifting light of the streetlamps below his window. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Bad news for you, fish,” he said and shifted the line over the sacks that covered his shoulders. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who would climb Everest therefore shifted their attention to the south side of the peak. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I brought a backpack, too, and I shift it on my back as Nora opens the Hideout door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As a medium, the Internet is brilliantly efficient at shifting information from the hands of those who have it into the hands of those who do not. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

All of them layering on top of one another, changing, shifting, belonging, at that minute, only to me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Shay danced, shifting her weight back and forth on the floating board, dodging imaginary obstacles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My father sings all four stanzas of “The Hanging Tree” and reminds me that my mother—who sleeps in a chair between shifts — isn’t to know about it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

You understand that there is the surface and then there are all the things that glimmer and shift underneath it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bongo shifted from foot to foot, something she did when she was working out a problem. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Shady shifted from one foot to the other. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The open sky beyond where in the distance the sullen sea lagged and shifted. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At this point I'm looking at all the money I'm going to make this shift, doubled. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She shifted the baby to her other shoulder. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apparent recession of the galaxies, with the red shift interpreted through the Doppler effect, is not the only evidence for the Big Bang. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bites on her fingernails, shifts her eyes away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And because the house was locked and dark, and because she only believed in forty-watt bulbs, her lipstick mouth had shifted slightly off her real mouth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he talks, he makes a show of shifting his eyes to one of the handful of pre-party attendees, a pregnant woman named Kat who oversees HR for Burning Man. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Fiona picks me up for our movie shift that night, I’m excited to show her my new moves. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He made lots of noise, fussing with the plants, shifting pots around, turning the volume up, ever so slightly, on the outdoor sounds from the cassette player to cover for the one missing chirp. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He turned over on his back and looked weakly up into the sky through the high shifting lattices of fight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They will be. We’ll make shift with normal robots, or, if necessary, do without.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The red dirt at my feet shifts as more of it rises from the ground, dancing up my limbs and seeping into my very bones. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were allowed to go home at the end of their shifts. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s all too heavy to move, but I might be able to shift this beam to the side and keep it there long enough for you to crawl through. Wanna try it?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The cushion beside me tilted and shifted and she bumped against me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, your point of view automatically shifts to a third-person perspective, treating you to a brief out-of-body replay of your avatar’s final fate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And somewhere quite far away, a she-elephant, with something fastened to her legs that made an unnatural clanking sound as she moved her great body from foot to foot in the creaking, shifting, never-ending dark. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I yell as my body shifts to the side, my arms wrapping around the ladder and my leg dangling in space. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me my check. I’m owed for my last shift.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He shifts around a lot, looks for something in his jacket pockets as if he’s occupied with important business. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cinna comes to me before dawn, gives me a simple shift to wear, and guides me to the roof. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The sun had shifted and moved over the other side of the cove wall. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rules had shifted, fallen into the cracks of distance and foreignness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She shifted her body upon the sofa; I felt the padding warp. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The camel shifted its feet as they approached. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Road didn’t alter or shift; it never grumbled. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But as nice as he was being, acting all impressed, it still wasn’t enough to shift him off the TV couch and see it with his own eyes. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the low thrum of steam-powered engines resonated through the metal beneath my feet, I shifted uneasily. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had to get so close that the bull saw his body, and would start for it, and then shift the bull's charge to the flannel and finish out the pass in the classic manner. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He feels Henry’s body shifting beneath his, opening up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She shifts in her sleep, her plump body curling forward. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn shifted on the gurney, trying to ignore the sting of his cuts and scrapes, and the dull ache that bloomed in his chest with every beat of his heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The weather warmed up and turned sunny, and the wind shifted around until it blew from the south. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fireplace is roaring with wood crackling, logs shifting and bursting with yellow-red flames. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

At length, though, the stand-in grew impatient and began shifting his weight from paw to paw. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Her body weight is centered in first position, her legs and feet shift, slide, independent of her trunk. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One image of Phil fades into another—the ambient light in the shots shifts and casts shadows across his brow, his cheekbones, his lips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When I get in, Melissa, whose shift begins earlier than mine, will tell me how things have been going—“Can you believe, eight carts this morning!”—and how many carts are awaiting me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead, I could barely discern a square of light through the shifting smoke. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Percy, his face. I couldn’t make out his face because it kept shifting. Just looking at him made me sleepy. I said, ‘What are you doing?’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He turned to Ruza, shifting into Unseen to ask him, “Are there male and female threaves? Dear god, tell me those things don’t mate.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Just stay out of the way of the gear shift, and it don’t matter.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The new girl stared up, her mouth open slightly, saying nothing as she watched the sky shift and dance, a wash of shapes and colors. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Twenty men worked during the day shift producing replacement parts for mine machinery and fabricating a variety of ductwork and support structures. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I told Tucker about Celia and her mother the next day, when we both had to work the late shift at Finnegan’s. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When she got out of the car, my world had shifted. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Denna shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other, looking around nervously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was thus an easy step, in my last undergraduate year at university, to shift from my initial goal of medicine to the goal of biological research. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She squints one eye a little, shifts her weight, and fires. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Just give it a minute or two,” he said, shifting the car into gear. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s usually her day off, but there’s no one to work the lunch shift. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Manny shifted his considerable weight on the little wooden chair and fussed with his skinny goatee. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

If I stay still, I can see the clouds shift shape. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Isolated victories can be won—even a string of victories—but in the absence of a fundamental shift in public consciousness, the system as a whole will remain intact. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered if the horses I’d ridden into this dawn were still caught in there like bugs, whinnying at the shift. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Still he lies and aims again;—once he shifts and again takes aim; at last the rifle cracks. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas noticed it, how she shifted her body as in her mind she made the climb again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The community cloth was drab, all no-color; the formless shifts and trousers worn by the people were woven and stitched for protection against the sudden occasional rain, thorn scratch, or poison berry. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briony studied her mother’s face for every trace of shifting emotion, and Emily Tallis obliged with looks of alarm, snickers of glee and, at the end, grateful smiles and wise, affirming nods. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Something in the air shifted after the visit from the doctor. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four casinos down on the strip, Jule surveyed six restaurants until she found a place to order a coffee and chat up a lonely college student who was just starting work on the night shift. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Bigger shifted his feet and listened to the faint clang of another street car passing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then the rustle of blankets as layers of them shifted over each other. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I waited for a reaction, but he just shifted in his chair. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was slightly better food—at midday, a bowl of real soup, perhaps a slice of vegetable, and at the end of the night shift, bread with oleo. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

What we actually see, however, is almost exclusively red shifts no matter what distant objects beyond the Local Group we point our telescopes to. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

James feinted slightly to the side, and Edward shifted in response. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead he shifted and blew the top off a rock where Whitie lay, and heard an angry shout. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she glimpsed movement, but when she turned her head, it was only the kinj^s shadow shifting against the silken walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the village, Anya shifted her backpack straps on her shoulders. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He looked at Teresa, who shifted from foot to foot, wringing her hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Sure did. It’s not a full shift yet, but I think I’m finally starting the process.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He climbed into the cab, put it into four-wheel drive, and shifted into first gear. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The shift foreman who had trained Shin rushed over. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, ma’am,” I said, shifting my weight. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Seth shifted the beam onto a pair of green-eyed wolves approaching stealthily from the edge of the roof. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling our uncle would be working more extra shifts now that we were here. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It moved slowly, but eventually, she had shifted it enough to see what had been sketched on the floor beneath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They came and went in shifts that final week, everyone exhausted and mute with sadness. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to his site in the alley, and shifted the debris he had leaned there to screen it from view. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He shifted slightly as some pleasant dream put a smile on his face. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told them the names of each item in English as he gave it to them—“shirt,” “shift,” “apron”—then pointed out other words they would need, like “massa,” “yes’m,” and “yessir.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time the cow moves, its huge rib cage shifts between my legs, and my heels slide over the ribs like fingers over piano keys. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid made breakfast for the children who would take the first laundry shift; the ones going to summer school would take the afternoon and night shifts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of their long shift—it didn’t matter if it was 6:00 p.m. or 6:00 a.m.—people would head to the area behind the hospital. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

"Well, I'm not sure you can do that, Mr. Stevenson. I think you might have a conflict there," he said, and then his voice shifted from argumentative to blandly matter-of-fact. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The community of mice shifted their tails and paws and whiskers. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The alternative would have been “Other than shifting from Great Blue Herons to herons, he doesn’t strain for new ways of referring to the herons.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

All around them the Wood was changing, shifting, as if a veil were being lifted and she was finally allowed to see what was behind it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The way is safe now, but do not tarry. As you know, things can shift quickly in the Underland,” said Solovet. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You ought to live in California--" began Miss Baker but Tom interrupted her by shifting heavily in his chair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She nodded, but her expression shifted back to one of suspicion. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’m not very smooth about shifting and I killed the truck a couple of times trying to shift into second. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Where are you going?” the inmate had asked when he saw me on the gate at the end of my shift. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaja shifted on his chair before pulling his schedule out of his pocket. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

If only I had resisted being shifted downtown I would now have enough support in the community to insist that they reveal themselves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes shift to the Dauntless coming out of the elevator on the left side of the room, and the muscles in my face go slack. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cole struggled to shift his position on the uneven ground, but stiffness had set into his joints like hardened cement. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The shadows from the trees shift in the soft light, and the smell of wet earth infuses the air. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The sky—like, it shifted, and everything got bright. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

What is harder for the nonpoor to see is poverty as acute distress: The lunch that consists of Doritos or hot dog rolls, leading to faintness before the end of the shift. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift my body again for no reason, pulling my legs into my chest and wrapping my arms around them. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It shifts into a crouching man with a spear lifted over his head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I get a big share of day shifts after that and do a lot of walking in the evenings. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Something imponderable shifting out there in the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When he shifted to dip his pen in the inkwell, the sunlight caught the gold buttons on his uniform jacket and made them glint like blades. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I doubt whether any of us could think of a way to improve on it, beyond maybe shifting a local cloud from here to there on occasion. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the way the light had shifted, Jon judged that he had been asleep for four or five hours. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say firmly, and I shift my leg a little so her hand falls away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even the white horse swayed its head and stepped and shifted to the music. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The woman was wilder, her eyes shifting restlessly between the men facing her, and the loose grouping around me, her chaotic hair quivering in the slight breeze. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Corporal shifted about as if the answer hung somewhere in the air. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no smile on her lips, and Celaena shifted as she beheld the mistrust in the young woman’s eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She took the empty corridor behind the kitchens, avoiding the students at their work shifts. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In her white shift, tied to the high stake, she remained motionless in the movement She rode above them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, it dawns on one very drunk George Atzerodt that the plan has shifted from kidnapping to murder. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He argued then that the time had come for racial justice advocates to shift from a civil rights to a human rights paradigm, and that the real work of movement building had only just begun. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Travis licked his lips, shifting his weight between the balls of his feet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Have they been divided into shifts yet, sir?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’re hurting on the night shift right now,” the sergeant told him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted his ground uneasily and felt himself slipping in the mud. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, after the hoot-owl miners had descended into the mine and the evening shift dispersed, I slipped out the back door and up the tipple path. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The secret was out now, and the hunt seemed to be shifting into high gear. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I can almost see it, I can almost hear the words, but it shifts away from me again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worked long shifts each day at Roy Dack’s auto shop, trying to save enough to get his family back into an apartment. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The sky had already shifted from pitch to a lightening gray when he finally came home. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron said the first time the piece was performed, the audience got nervous—they whispered to one another and shifted in their seats, and some even walked out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His coat shifted and I saw a pistol in his waistband. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Bunny, hair falling into his eyes, was preparing to make a shot, flexing the mallet and shifting back and forth on his feet like a professional golfer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On my keyboard, if I press the shift key I cannot then type a lower-case letter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And then they went back to talking, the conversation shifting this way and that, everyone telling stories, talking over one another, laughing. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My nightly mountains of homework made the Tower of Babel look like a toothpick, and it was only worsened by my late shifts at Finnegan’s. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Down on the water, the ship was still there, shifted by the tide, but so tangled in the rocks that it hadn’t fled down the coast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The tobacco factories would be having a change of shift. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted from one foot to the other, watching them. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uriah kneels across from the doctor and helps her shift Lynn’s hands away from her stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One day, on my way out of the building at shift’s end, Chavez asked if I’d heard what had happened during the executive team’s inspection of the Box that day. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I get a tummy ache after breakfast, which makes lunch dicey, and there’s no way to get through the shift without at least one major refueling. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gently shifts—doesn’t want G’ma to know he’s up until he can at least get all her stuff back in the treasure chest. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

But throughout the mad dance of inanimate objects the continuity of Desdemona’s shifting body remains at center. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lyddie shifted the heavy trunk under her left arm and pushed open the door. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Emily shifted words around the magnetic poetry tray on his counter. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They stood statue-like from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., when another group of women took their places for the second shift, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This time it shifts a little, but then the rope slips through my hands and the trap clunks back on the bottom. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Reynie noticed that—ever so subtly—she had shifted the car into reverse. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stick shifted his weight from one foot to the other and crossed his arms. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The currents shifted, and she saw his birth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

With the Greek conquest of all advanced societies from Greece east to India under Alexander the Great in the late fourth century B.C., power finally made its first shift irrevocably westward. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted in his pajamas, and the part of him that made him a man stuck out, reddish purple and frightening. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In twenty-six years, he hadn’t missed a single shift. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I keep shifting the way I sit, so the weight is on my legs, not on my bottom cheeks. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

If you had a shift about to start, you left. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lissa tilted the hat over one eye and then shifted it the other way. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His mood shifted suddenly; his eyes turned brooding. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked up when he saw me leaving Mr. Neely’s classroom and shifted in his homemade potato. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

To keep from falling asleep I lay on my back staring up at the black and watching the dots shift around in front of my eyes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The introduction of a new meaning for descrobrir implied a radical shift in perspective and a transformation in how people understood their own actions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He laughed a short laugh; his eyes met mine very deeply, then shifted away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I have watched him do this over and over, this shifting of anger into calm action. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was glad that his father was on the evening shift, at work until eleven. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other thing the eighteenth century saw, of course, was some radical shifts in the style of government. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And as he stood in the rain, Joe’s feelings began to shift—moving around like notes on a musical staff, bits and pieces of new themes starting to fall into place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Immediately I’d try to fix it by shifting my weight to the other side, but often I’d go too far and overbalance. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But just before the puke moved from anticipation to sensation, she shifted her weight and stood on one foot scratching the back of her calf with her toe. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this human truth has an especially grinding force here, where identity is almost impossible to achieve and people are perpetually attempting to find their feet on the shifting sands of status. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The night porter was just about to end his shift, but he did Victor a favor and looked out of the window. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The horse had his back to him, a dark mass shifting in the straw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was coming up and the ocean looked like the desert, wave after wave of shifting silvery dunes. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a long look at the sea of avatars around us, then shifted my attention to the castle. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A tiny woman wearing a green calico skirt, a nut-brown bodice, and a dingy shift stood in the open door to the kitchen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get up, I shift the Doorman and read the card again. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I started to move back toward the waiting area, but Stick shifted his weight and locked his arm tighter around me, keeping us in place. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Until a shifting breeze brought a scent that called him to instant alert. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But as Sigurd shifted the sword in his hand, she realized they were barely there in time. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I fastened my stays and a badly embroidered pocket over the white shift I slept in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when she went to change into her sleeping shift, something rustled in her tunic pocket, and she remembered the packet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The platform of wood and brush and grass began to shift and collapse in upon itself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Duck shifted them easily enough, hoisting them on one shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Park shifted in his seat and turned his back to the aisle. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The winds whistle and shift all around us. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My eyes shift from her stump to her hands. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

This investigation produced no information that would explain why Prince Jones would suddenly shift his ambitions from college to cop killing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mother’s shift and blue-and-white striped overskirt fit better than I had imagined. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted; the pain was everywhere and there was no comfortable position. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A new page in the logbook began each of my shifts as a gallery officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate in shifts, and I yearned all the more for our huge round table in Ocean Park. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four girls shifted in their chairs, anxious to get to the end of the story. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She shifted a little, and he made a noise in the back of his throat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I shift in my chair, avoiding his eyes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then Father shifted his hips to the left. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her wrinkles tighten around her old eyes, her squint shifting into a glare. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She shifts on her pouf, repositioning the harp onto the floor, and reaches into her sweater. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she takes over my shifts if I’m too exhausted, or she lets me switch shifts with her. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She, too, had had this feeling, but could sense now that something had shifted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as Papi came home from his shift at the hospital, he showered, singing a favorite Island song that made the girls giggle as they slipped on their party dresses. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The sentries shifted their boots on the floor; one cleared his throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she shifts her focus out the window. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Nin shifted her weight and glanced over her shoulder, into the thick of the jungle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Something shifts inside me, like a puzzle piece snapping into place. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

As Grigori took several more steps, my finger shifted to the trigger. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I shift my weight and try to find the right moment to interject. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps to shift my mind from my worries, he showed me how he did his snaring, using a few long strands of horsetail hair that he kept in his bag. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then as the crowd shifted I noticed that in his other arm he held a little girl. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a quasar standard candle will be found, and the distances to the quasars determined independent of their red shifts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held the new gold threads to the window and examined the subtle shifts in hue, choosing just the right ones for the repair. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The burden was then shifted to the remaining four bolts. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day hunger had driven her out to shift. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Kaede shifted the knife from her right hand to her left, and back again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I shift on my feet, unsure what to say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The walls shifted and Leo saw her barrelling towards them in her chariot. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Speed, strength, beauty, pale skin, eyes that shift color; and then Jacob’s criteria: blood drinkers, enemies of the werewolf, cold-skinned, and immortal. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Gravitas was all fine and good, and it was important to maintain appearances, but—Gherland shifted the baby from one arm to the other—he was getting too old for this sort of thing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s possible that the wind had shifted momentarily and Claire’s neighbors did not feel in any immediate danger. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Trail this way,” he barks, shifting from foot to foot. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The red shift gives the speed at which galaxies are retiring, but doesn’t tell us how far away they are to begin with. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"They're taking the joint apart," he called above the shifting of the gears. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted his weight and was about to lay her down, the better to wrap her wound, when she spoke again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patterns shifted in the stone floor, like bones coming to the surface. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Oh, what a fool he had been to build hope upon such shifting sand! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His response to the mounting demands was not to reorder priorities to give his staff and graduate students some breathing space, but to add a late-night shift to keep the cyclotron running around the clock. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Milkman hoisted himself up, one hand on Guitar’s head, and shifted himself until he sat on Guitar’s shoulders. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the door and shifted into gear. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The camera shifts back to the North Tower. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the balance is in his favor; sometimes — and all too often through his own activities — it is shifted to his disadvantage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“And now,” said Slughorn, shifting massively in his seat with the air of a compere introducing his star act. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I watch the bruises on his knuckles shift. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard the leather of Baba’s seat creaking as he shifted on it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was like that: the ground shifted while we slept, and we woke up each day to terrible new surprises. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodies shifted against Inej’s back and side, crowding up against her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But the Jews on the north side of the bridge shifted silently, like buoys in a bay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My father worked long hours at Emalia and then put in second shifts at his old glass factory. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Americans who might have been philosophically inclined to oppose the Klan had now been given enough specific information to oppose them more actively, and public sentiment began to shift. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Mom emerged, along with the others finishing the day shift. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold up the note, stick it in my pocket, replace the foot-long floorboard, and hammer it in with the heel of my hand, then I shift the mattress over again. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Police can tell how fast a car is going by testing how light—in the form of radio waves—reflected off the speeding vehicle gets shifted. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The jarring percussion of drawers being opened and closed, dressers being shifted around, and beds being flipped over rattled through the quiet night and shook Mary’s nerves. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Dinner here looks different from meals at my family’s, especially lately, since Mom’s always working double shifts. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Behind me I heard August shift on the cot, the legs squeak, then relax. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tidbit shifted from one foot to another, looking surprisingly mature. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tailored grey wool that makes up the back of Mr. A. H—’s suit shifts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he took a couple of nips from his silver flask, and we napped awhile as the insects buzzed and ticked and the dappled shade shifted around us. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He put his hand behind that dark recess and took his cane in the strong fist and shifted his weight on the wooden support. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift my feet so they’re further apart, trying to lower Camel while keeping my back straight. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then her gaze shifts to me, and I swear my heart stops beating. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The mass shifted again, and Matt slipped down a few more feet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Satisfied that he had stilled her, the agent shifted his gaze from Lyddie to her accuser. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, my dear. Something has shifted.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The boy shifted hesitantly beside her, still looking around like a lost child. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Overhead, the Wonder Dome had shifted back to its ten Dewey decimal displays. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

How they thought light shifting was the dead sending us messages. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, the Memory shifts to Ren heading to his instruments in the center of the stage. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We shift the bags around and Baba carries Alan for a while. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted the pack higher on his shoulders and looked out over the wasted country. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

That had happened years earlier when she first started at the Department of Corrections and was working the graveyard shift in Ogden. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He explained the complexity of the shifting lock, and the problem-solving required each time the lock was to be opened. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad shifted his weight, scuffing his boot on the wood floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He swallowed hard, his gaze shifting to where my hand was tucked under my coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were getting close to Laguna, crossing the overpass by New Laguna; Leroy shifted into second gear for the hill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At Skathis’s will, however, it had rippled, shifted, reshaping itself into new configurations with the fluidity of mercury. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Underneath his thin guayabera, I could see the muscles of his broad shoulders shifting as he reached down and gave me a wad of bills to put in the poor box as his donation. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Crookshanks sank his claws into Black’s robes and wouldn’t shift. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The holograms shift to show what the card says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I shifted up in the bed, leaned my back against the wall, and took the mug. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As she goes on, my attention shifts to Team Beta. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I held on, while I stared stupidly about for him, and so I saw the lip of the crevasse, made visible by the shifting and dropping of another section of the broken snow-bridge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when Napoleon overturned the French Republic and declared himself omnipotent military dictator, again just as Adams had predicted would happen, Jefferson quickly shifted his position to accommodate the new reality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But no sooner had they warmed themselves with the milk then the wind shifted and brought dangerous chunks of ice crowding and bumping up against their floe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The weather was shifting fast, and you couldn’t see your breath anymore, not even in the hour before the sun rose. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Joaquin shifted a little in his seat and wondered where their food was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He pulls me in closer and the blanket shifts. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes shift back and forth too quickly, set to some warp speed that would probably make me throw up if I tried it. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I keep my gun pointed at him and shift so he’s blocking my view of the soldiers at the end of the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She shifted her head slightly and added, "By the way, Mr. LeDue, in our grunge neighborhood, we say hanged, not hung. Check it out." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I need is someone throwing up in my cab this close to the end of a shift. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

More than a few men were looking down at the floor, shifting in their seats, her father included. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I felt weird,” said Ron, shifting his shoulders uncomfortably. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Anyone who tries even casually to follow their advice may be stymied, for the conventional wisdom on parenting seems to shift by the hour. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

City buses and trolleys circulated from morning till night, swelling with riders before the orange and pink of dawn, as employees punching out from the graveyard shift met early birds just starting their day. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Some rules of grammar may shift every eon or so, but you can bet the bank that this one will never change: Subject and verb must agree. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

G’ma’s is closed, though he can hear her shifting around behind it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She knew his schedule but in her fright could not remember his shifts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But then she crossed her arms and her weight shifted to one leg as she looked up the street toward Olympiad. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She stopped checking her mail and rarely left the house except to work her shifts driving a school bus for disabled children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He’s vaguely conscious of his weight shifting to his feet, and then the coolness against his palm from the metal of the door latch. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then the wolf changed the subject and shifted to a joyous howl. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the goddess Kali,” Mrs. Dixit explained brightly, shifting the dowel slightly in order to straighten the image. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Besides, I just had to work three dishwashing shifts a week. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Grandpa shifts deeper into his chair as if to get comfortable. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She can watch the wind shift the drifts of snow trapped in the courtyard behind me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped to shift the box in his arms. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I spent two shifts and some overtime watching an inmate from Tappan who an officer had seen swallowing something white during a routine pat-frisk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he stopped and shifted it a little, and the chauffeur asked him if he needed help, but he shook his head and in a moment disappeared among the yellowing trees. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I shift my weight from left to right, right to left, as she leads me forward. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She shifted uncomfortably, like even she didn’t want glory at the price of being Tantalus’s pet. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she said the name, Taisin felt something inside her shift—as if a bolt had been thrown back from a door, and now all she had to do was nudge it open. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tino shifted around in his chair, but he still wasn’t looking at me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shift had failed to meet the day’s production quota and was required to do bitter humiliation work. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The Librarian’s image shifts on and off like a flickering porch light. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Liszt spearheaded a shift from orchestral to illustrative music, using this 1850 painting of Attila the Hun in battle as the basis for his symphonic poem Hunnenschlacht. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

By the same token, the potency of a 2,000-mile north—south shift as a barrier also varies with local conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"After you left I was thinking...I really could use a hand. But I could only pay minimum wage, and only a couple shifts per week." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I saw Claudius shift his gaze, nod deliberately to Edmund, and jerk his head sideways. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I shifted my weight, trying to think clearly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Clayton looked forward to “double shift” nights posted on the refrigerator door, held secure by one of his mother’s many angel magnets. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Your world shifts, but you’re asked to adjust and overcome, to play your music the same as everyone else. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could tell by her slender arms in her sleeveless shift and her wrist full of bangles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Soldiers rotate in and out of their shifts. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She felt the shift when Kaz’s heart took over its own rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Big Harm, whose girth has grown since we left Flushing, doesn't budge, but the others shift to make room for Ma. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The earth truly is fragile, in the sense that its surface can easily shift from blue and white to black and brown. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother was a nurse at the hospital, counting pills, drawing blood, changing bedpans, no stranger to night and double shifts. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard a bell ringing dimly in the distance and it occurred to me that my shift in the Medica would be starting in an hour. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Alice had picked up a leaflet that had floated to the pavement, read the words, and shifted her weight at the curb. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They work varied shifts, because the crow’s nest operates twenty-four hours a day. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Eventually I heard her breathing shift to a deeper place. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some other exotic mechanism will be required to explain the red shift. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me that he’d paid for the trip by working the night shift and doing construction jobs by day. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was large enough for Bri to sit on comfortably and it had footrests so she could shift her weight around during the long trip to Port Authority. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Early next week I get a lot of day shifts, and I go over there every night I have free. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The space is too narrow, no matter how he tries to shift his shoulders. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Back in their cabin the two girls slipped into their sleeping shifts. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My shift was sticky with perspiration, and I smelled of tobacco smoke and unwashed strangers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoving things back in our bags and shifting them around and zipping up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Apa nods, but his eyes shift around the room, flitting from person to person, family to family. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Matt stared at the small, fierce woman as he tried to understand the sudden shift in his fortunes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wincing, she shifted him to her other shoulder, where he could claw her gown instead of her skin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, actually,” I tell him, shifting my weight from foot to foot. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She felt the carriage shift slightly as the driver and the footman stepped onto the driver’s seat, and then they were off, moving more smoothly than any carriage she had ever ridden in before. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was not; he had known it would not be; and he knew that things were all shifting for him now. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Shrewdly, they try to shift the terms of the argument to more congenial rhetorical ground—an approach that will force the friars to treat them as equals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He shifted his behind to ease the pressure on his leg. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many herding peoples of Africa and Asia shift camp along regular seasonal routes to take advantage of predictable seasonal changes in pasturage. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted my backpack on my shoulders, feeling the weight of our eggs and their armor, trying to move as little as possible so they wouldn’t break. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t easy, but with the strength of three horsepower, we managed to shift the wreckage so it was no longer threatening to collapse on the baby cow serpent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s not very safe,” I said as the boards shifted under my feet. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” Raizel said sagely, before shifting to a more mundane line of questioning. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But then I get to rehearsal, and there’s this sudden seismic shift. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Uneasily the four men in the court shifted and opened their mouths, and once the captain, the veins on his face bulging, showed a few little tears in his eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like she's simply tightening it against the chill, but I can see she's really shifting it so it covers the Star of David on her coat. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His viewpoint had suddenly shifted a few degrees. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

What the upstate union rep had told me years earlier about an officer’s career amounting to “a life sentence in eight-hour shifts” seemed to be encapsulated in that big red-bound ledger. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift and sit up, even though it hurts something fierce. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Royal Brougham figured if it could somehow be shifted west, it might land squarely in Seattle and bring the city a lot of much-needed respect. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Something in the air seemed to shift, but he kept still, waiting for a thing he wasn’t even sure he could name. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally Helen, shifting her weight, asked, “Did you put your jacket on the sewing pile?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank shifted his weight from foot to foot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Samuel cleaned the mother and shifted her gently while he changed the linen on the bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, he heard him shifting a little, in the bed, and turned round to look at him, though still he kept his distance, staying at the other side of the room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

With Uncle Jet’s instructions, he shifted the truck into drive, and it moved on its own. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But they shifted slightly and allowed him to move on. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else is shifting the gears for me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“So get off the split shift. Get your dad up there. They’re afraid of him. Believe me, they’ll do anything he says.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But past midnight, the sleepers began to shift beds, everyone seeking the comfort of another body. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As darkness began to fall at five thirty, the wind shifted once again and quickly blew up into a gale, tearing the tops off the waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In the middle of a night shift on the floor of the factory, Park alarmed Shin by bursting into song. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Chess shifted the weight of Finn’s drowsy body to the side and hesitantly began: ‘“I don’t...’” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then, sometimes, the day’s watch commander, a lieutenant, will step up and say a few words, often a rundown of notable happenings from the shifts before. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted herself around at this so she could look at me, trying, not very well, to keep the smirk on her face from stretching wider. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

On the porch, his only thought had been to get his boots off, wash up, and toss himself into bed like he always did after an all-night shift. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gideon waits for us there, shifting his weight from one foot to the other, looking a bit fidgety. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Even as he stared at the moss, deep inside him the balance was shifting to the other side. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Lem shifted in his chair and growled under his breath. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something there, something shifting, he swears it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I smile absentmindedly when he tells me hello, and I stumble through my shift, barely paying attention, which is a good way to lose a hand. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Doreen was still working at the Waffle House and couldn’t find a person to pick up her shift, so Luke brought the boys, nothing but toddlers back then. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He chose the graveyard shift so he would have time to audition during the day. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pull it out but the load had shifted, and it was partially buried. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I feel his muscles shift as he pinches the trigger and duck my head just in time. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Well, the first one after Papi, if he has to go in for an early shift at the hospital. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The ground was rocky and uneven,- the flickering light made it seem to shift and move beneath her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then, with a gasp I can’t contain, I shift my hand forward, and my blood sizzles on the coals. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Aaron squawked a little, and Layla shifted next to Ivy, so she knew her sister was holding him now. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She focused on each move, placing each foot meticulously, feeling the surface with her toes, assessing the texture, shifting her weight before she took the next step. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Billy was sitting in the driver’s seat, making engine noises in his throat and pretending to work a phantom stick shift. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get home from my last shift until after midnight anyway, when you guys are in bed. We don’t need a whole house. It’s great we can live so compact.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I'm getting too old for the night shift, he told himself as he strode down the walkway along the shore. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As I rearrange the crypt's skulls, the hot air shifts like a bear waking from hibernation. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Next to Ivy, June shifted, and Ivy wondered if she was thinking that her mom would probably freak out about the whole bacteria thing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The astronomer Halton Arp has found enigmatic and disturbing cases where a galaxy and a quasar, or a pair of galaxies, that are in apparent physical association have very different red shifts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't on shift, but he was kept apprised at all times. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mentioned finally receiving a letter from me, and working twenty-four-hour shifts at the airfield. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ben shifted uncomfortably on the other side of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift onto my side and find myself looking directly into Gale’s eyes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Right. I’m gonna do extra shifts at the clinic,” Momma says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She shifted on the bench and rubbed her sore hip. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Pretty blond pigtails,” the guy said, shifting his head around to see me behind Charlie. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The clouds shift and the sky fades to light gray. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The trees rustled and moaned, their great branches shifting under the weight of the wind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We rowed in shifts, taking turns at the oars to stave off exhaustion, though I felt so strong that for nearly an hour I refused to give them up. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The scene shifts to the front of the building along Main Street. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted his backpack from one shoulder to the other, and his mouth curled into the tiniest half-smile. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He leans back on the sofa, shifting his daughter to a more comfortable position on his lap. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The moment the lower-status aspirant thinks he has located the nut under the shell, it has actually shifted, and he is too late.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The red stitches along the hem of my shift are ripped, the bright yarn limp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the shadows, the solid black wool seemed to shift and boil, forming images of faces in agony, as if lost souls were trying to escape from the folds of his clothes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I must have made a sound, for the woman started and shifted her bulk around. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Toby put his hand on the gear shift, not really wanting to leave this place. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I chop and mix and did my job without talking for the rest of my shift. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But the moat’s waters were ever shifting, concealed only by a wafer-thin skin of frost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

From the rear, where he always sat, having read somewhere that the seat next to the driver was the most dangerous, he watched his mother’s wild and inexpert shifting with disapproval. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My roommate’s attention shifted; he wasn’t going to waste his time trying to convince me to get up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I try to turn my head to find Javier, but I can only shift my eyes, and I barely see his outline. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What she means is that our mother doesn’t answer her cell phone at work, and she’s on the night shift right now,” I interrupted, coming to Velia’s rescue. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Kira shifted her weight, resting her twisted leg, remembering the story of her birth, and wondering if she would have an opportunity to tell it here. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blurry hospital scene shifts, and I realize I'm staring up at a similar fluorescent light and that a doctor is hovering over me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The Lead Monitor’s words shift into the hallway. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He is next door at his grandparents' flat, because Mutti is still asleep, tired from her night shift. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed gently, shifting her body as Toby slowly pulled out of the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She points the cleaver at me, and I shift back in my chair, watching the knife. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Once I saw him drop to one knee before a young volunteer for having stayed an extra shift. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all he did was shift his head around and fall right back to sleep. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He shifted awkwardly in his seat, as if he wanted to get to his feet, but couldn’t think of a polite way to excuse himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I noticed the way his hind quarters shifted over to the right, never in line with the front, yet always in perfect rhythm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the crew shifted uneasily at the rails, Captain Reed waited, counting out the seconds, weighing his choices. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

George’s eyes shift to me, but I touch a finger to my lips, hastily. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Looks like studying’s going to be a tight squeeze working double shifts.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The two became three, and Hazel carefully studied the shift in gravity. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s the conclusion of the testing,” he informed her—or rather it—and Eldon Rosen, who regarded him with writhing worry; the elderly mans face contorted, shifted plastically with angry concern. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, Henry shifted into first, and with a sudden leap that made my heart glad we were clear of the hole. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I notice something shift out of the corner of my eye. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If she chanced to bat her eyes or yawn or shift a little in the chair, they’d poke one another in the ribs and haw and guffaw. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Stanton and Anthony stood fast as the battleground for suffrage shifted to the West. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and feel him as a source of power, nebulous and shifting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fela looked around nervously, shifting her weight from foot to foot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One left; things shifted in one’s absence; one returned to something else. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that the truth, whatever it was, would change our struggle, would shift our priorities forever. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Though I was all the way at the opposite end of the couch, I shifted down even further. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His father, who worked at a natural gas plant for Gulf as a shift supervisor, had not gone to the game that day. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though my seat was comfortable, I shifted about nervously. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the Rouge, workers collapsed from heat and fatigue, while on Hurlbut my grandmother did a double shift. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We have already witnessed the early-sixteenth-century shift in the position occupied by the principal melody in a piece of four- or three-part vocal music, moving from the middle of the texture to the top. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I looked at my own pink fingers, and in that moment the junkyard shifted. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was motionless, but Sumac stirred in response to my subtle shift in position. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But doing shift work, and with small children, he never found the time. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And before I knew it my gears started shifting and all the energy inside me went somewhere else. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said it as softly as I could, so nothing would shift or change or cause her eyes to open. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I shifted in our chairs, expecting Father to assign Methuselah “The Verse.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assured of privacy, I removed my shift and settled into the warm water. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tries to shift his focus to the TV, where layer upon layer of monarchs cover the trees in some Mexican forest. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The dining halls were open, though at that hour of the morning there were no students, only cafeteria workers and maintenance men eating breakfast before their shifts began. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But this year there seems to be a shift in the cosmos. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The lone cheetah paced back and forth, the muscles in his shoulders shifting with each step. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes shifted to Digger’s dad and tried to burn a hole through the back of his thick, bald head, but he sat there like a rock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But if they can’t find anyone to come in for the second half of the split, Mom has to work the whole three-to-eleven shift, which means she works from seven a.m. to eleven p.m. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But that seemed unlikely; Harlem was one of our strongest districts, and just a month ago when I was shifted Ras would have been laughed off the street had he tried to attack us. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Four drums will lift two thousand pounds, approximate. That should be just enough to shift the keel,” Mr. Woodwell told me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It took a few days for me to realize that Zu’s leaving wasn’t the only event that had shifted the rotation of the earth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There was some uneasy shifting about by the men. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of chitchatting or gossiping or sharing tricks of the trade, they shift in their seats and cast rather conspicuous glances at the girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jemmy saw that Prince Brat wasn't going to shift his ground. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then her gaze shifted to the back of his bare head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I turned to Jenna, who was shifting her bag from shoulder to shoulder. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The stage in Chicago even then was being set for Muslims to shift their focus off the epidemic—and onto me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The garbage around him shifted, and the rabbit heard the sniffing and panting of a dog. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

One of the cloaked figures in the rear shifted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She put a foot in the boat, and the girl cried “Ah!” as the boat shifted and shook slightly with Jinny’s weight. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She saw Rishi shift in her peripheral vision, but he didn’t say anything. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But once my twelfth birthday passed without a single shift, the Bureau declared me ‘essentially human’ and now I’m here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could stay, and search for what had been home, or I could go, now, before the walls shifted and the way out was shut. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose anything will happen for hours. The diver will have to make his report before they try and shift her.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when outer walls are to be finished, thatched, the size must change, and as though given new orders by telephone, all the workers shift the search to the new twigs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the hole where the tree had once held on to the earth came the sound of deep movement, maybe just the mud shifting. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

By now, the roads were filled with children swinging their fathers’ meal buckets and workers returning from saloons for the night shift. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He shifts his daughter from one arm to the other, allowing her to rest against his shoulder. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a panic, lest he shift gears and drive away, leaving her alone in the street, Corinthians climbed up on the fender and lay full out across the hood of the car. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's just—” I shift aside the heavy bag Mina has given me, pulling the paper from my pocket. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His phone vibrated against the table, and his attention shifted. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

More than thirty minutes passed unnoticed as these scraps—memories, judgments, vague resolutions, questions—uncoiled quietly before her, while she barely shifted her position and did not hear the clock strike the quarter hours. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He shifted down to second gear and crossed the cattle guard by the old graveyard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Elephants hate a whistle, and they shifted direction when they heard it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So small, I’m starting to feel claustrophobic,” Carrie says while shifting in her seat. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jackson works out a guard schedule, and, since I’m not on the first shift, I wedge myself in the tight space between Gale and Leeg 1 and go right to sleep. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Pinmei heard the king shift, and both she and Yishan craned their necks to see him lean out of the pavilion, holding the Paper over the frozen lake. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were nearly there when another shifting whirlpool ripped them away. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Again, save for the shifting feet of the men, there was a silence. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But a commotion outside the Homestead shifted their attention away from the conversation. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“By the time you’re done working two shifts, you’ll smell plenty without any help from me. So be sure to wash up,” he called as he pedaled off. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She takes a really deep breath and shifts her gaze across the room. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After several hours, the light that filtered through the canopy transformed, the murky olive tone shifting to a brighter jade. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sun had shifted lower on the horizon, and long shadows began to creep across the Snapfinger Cemetery. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The DeSoto, strictly an island car for more than a decade, had been purchased by Ishmael’s father fifteen years before, a four-speed with a semiautomatic transmission, hypoid rear axle, and column shift. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hermione started shifting heaps of parchment around on her table, looking for the book. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t squirm, didn’t shift, just stood there letting herself be ogled. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I shift away, placing the last pot into the drying rack. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Teeth Man lit up, shifted a wooden case two inches to the left. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Pong had their schedules memorized, and he knew they wouldn’t get up for another forty minutes, when they changed shifts. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Farid shifted on his seat and toyed with the keys still hanging from the ignition switch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were barred with ornate wrought iron fences and gates, and inside, women in flowered shifts dusted plastic covered furniture or sat on shaded balconies looking out over the commotion below. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His hands shift to my shoulders, and his fingers brush over the edge of my bandage. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I shifted in my chair, the cane seat hard and uncomfortable. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her boss had turned down her request, but she had managed to quietly trade shifts with a co-worker. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I'm reloaded, shifting my aim from side to side, while I shout at Rue, "Are there more? Are there more?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They swarmed afield and fled, chasing the blood that dripped from my head and stained my shift. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest shifted gently, rocking back and forth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted herself, tried to shake the feeling back into her arm. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The second major component of swing was a lilting effect achieved by subtly shifting the subdivisions of the given four-in- a-bar beat. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I shifted my weight from side to side and clapped the edges of my sneakers together, knocking the wet sand off. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Victor wondered while he shifted impatiently from one foot to the other. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The willow tree’s branches shifted in the soft breeze coming off the river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The trail twists and turns back on itself, treacherous as the shifting dunes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His body shifted suddenly, half-crouched, tensed like a lion about to pounce. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I shift slightly to the left and see that he’s grinning at the couple I saw coming into the hospital earlier. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The scene shifted, and we were looking at rotted pink Belgian lace. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking I’ve never worked a shift or two at Flora’s Floras, and had to get there by taking the bus, and slept through the bus so I had to call a car service. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to drive Connor’s car back to the Pizza Pit and stay on for my dinner shift. Can you...” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then the light shifted; the kudu snorted and backed away to find another path. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even today, two townsmen stand on either side of the opening, night and day, taking eight-hour shifts. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had switched shifts at work to be able to stay home for the big send-off. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He shifts from one foot to the other. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected it, hadn’t prepared for it, and now the ground seemed to be shifting under him in an unpredictable way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She shifted the particles across the yawning emptiness between them, this way and that, until a new whole emerged. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

While it is impossible to know exactly what was happening, it is clear that power was shifting within the palace at Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Her short blond hair shifted in the wind, and she appeared the very definition of peace and comfort. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If they had been paying any attention to their adversary in that moment before contact, they might have noticed that he shifted his weight to lower his center of gravity. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Their report recommended that Davis’s salary be cut in half, a clear sign that the balance of power had shifted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my shoes and felt the cool floorboards shift and groan beneath my feet as if the room was adjusting to sudden occupation after being long empty. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Anderson’s anger, efficiently transmitted through his sonorous, full-toned voice, had shifted from general displeasure with all of us to a focused rage pointed in my direction. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The calm and curious look he had initially given me was shifting into anger and disgust. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The shift in shade is no doubt an attempt to stay abreast of the capricious fashion trends of the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For just one second, Toby was sure that his face had betrayed him, but he managed to shift everything back in place just in time. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I look at her and ask, “What happened?” she shifts her eyes to the kitchen, where Ollie Mae is cooking. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Something shifted between us, after the last fight when I left with Willem. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was supposed to have my first shift years ago. But it just hasn’t happened. And since I’m the last of my kind, there isn’t anyone I can ask for help.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He looks around, shifts his weight from foot to foot, pounds a fist into his palm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once we're packed up and standing outside our cave, our mood shifts to serious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She’d escaped her tiny hometown in the shadow of Fort Hood, pulled night shifts at diners to put herself through law school, and was arguing discrimination cases before the Supreme Court by thirty. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You boys are stupid, ain’tcha?” one of them said, his big chaw shifting in his cheeks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Twill taught at school, Bonnie was one of her pupils, and when the final bell had rung, both of them spent a four-hour shift at the factory that specialized in the Peacekeeper uniforms. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The oval is replaced with another one, with its own shifting colors. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then you were secure, ready to start your shift. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw it in the eyes that shifted away from mine, the shoulders that turned, the chatter that seemed less loud around me now than before. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

As new Malthusian limits were imposed—diseases, famines, parasites—new breeds gained a stronghold, and the population shifted again. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I shift my weight from one leg to the other and back. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift, swinging a leg over him so I sit on top of him, and with my heartbeat in my throat, I kiss him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And we can hear that shift in the voice of one remarkable, mysterious Indian. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Somewhere during my shift, the rain stops not gradually but all at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It felt like once he had proven himself capable of helping me qualify for the national team, his priorities shifted. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He started chanting faster, and the spirits shifted restlessly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“We’ll do hour shifts and leave at first light. Starting with Tree and ending with French. Got it?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Håkon’s blue eyes shifted back and forth, looking from one end of the floor to the other. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I turn my whole body toward him, and he shifts to look at me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He shifted the newspaper to his other hand, resumed the fanning. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is quicker than Bailey expected, the moment that shifts from fire to twilight, and then the circus lights begin flickering on, all over the tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps one of those legendary storms of the Pacific had shifted it here. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The truck was gone and Henry was supposed to be on a twelve-hour shift, but she needed to make sure. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The door was leeward, but we all knew that later the wind would shift. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted into drive and was ready to shoot down the hill when Tyler appeared on the porch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the soldiers were changing shifts early on a rainy Sunday evening, September 11, one of them did what others had threatened. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It took Lady Dustin’s men the better part of half an hour to uncover the entrance, shoveling through the snow and shifting rubble. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the time, he was working double shifts, leading a section deep inside the mine charged with cutting through a massive rock header. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was on the "Jewish shift," as the night shift came to be called, that I began to know Schindler personally. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Nowhere I can show you in public,” she said with a slight grimace, shifting her hips in a way I found most distracting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His mom would need to be woken up; she’d just gotten on at the Pepsi factory, working third shift. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It feels as if the entire frozen lake shifts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Thanks to his studies in London, Headmaster often shifted back and forth between Bangla and English, but he always seemed to mangle English proverbs and expressions. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, I guess the wind must have shifted and brought him the bull’s scent; and evidently that scent told him for certain what I was only beginning to suspect. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is early May, and it is starting to stay light later, and she is home after work, an extra-busy shift since Claire had to stay home with her sick kid, Harrison. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Arthur shifted his elbow on the battlement and looked at his ancient friend. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sounds of him working shift around the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He told you he was working the night shift and had to leave in a few minutes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“You’re unbelievable,” she says, shifting her fingers around on the touchpad and clicking a few times before looking over at me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He shifted a few inches forward and back. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You can’t be burdened with pottery and printing presses as you shift camp. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Journalist Louis Lomax was one of the first to understand the dimensions of this shift and to describe its significance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom steps forward and shifts on her feet, a baby taking her first walk, and then puts her head in her hands, and her shoulders shake. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Outside the clouds shifted, the last rays of daylight throwing our shadows against the wall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The warm sweet smell, the white walls, the roar of the oven when Frank opens the door to shift the loaves. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Vajra flew into her hand, shifting between knife and sword and arrow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Riley raised her eyebrows ever so slightly and shifted in her seat. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Has­san was the perfect audience in many ways, totally immersed in the tale, his face shifting with the changing tones in the story. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They would shift me and investigate and I, still believing, still bending to discipline, would have to accept their decision. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Jeanne shift her weight, trying to get a better view of the clearing and the old ewe. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Smith kept explaining things to me up till the very end of the shift. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know your shift's at night, but you leave at four.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the eighty bunks the women snored and shifted under their sheets. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

After supper she stumbled upstairs, hardly taking time to wash, changed to her shift, and fell into bed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

An older boy shifts over to let me sit down. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Enigma shifts to a new one with every keystroke. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I shifted my head to the side so my hair would fall over my scarred cheek. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I shift the words around, trying to form a sentence that makes sense, and when that fails, I move the letters around to see if each one might be an anagram for something else. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It is in this moment that I realize that everything has shifted. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His winged gold headphones are still on his head, one side in place and the other shifted slightly off his ear, so that he can hear what’s going on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s on the rag again”—a condition occasioned, in this instance, by the fact that the cook on the morning shift had forgotten to thaw out the steaks. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors shifted Anna’s head slightly in the wooden box. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Good,” he says, shifting his body, getting into the right position with his pillow. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The heavily scheduled middle- class child is exposed to a constantly shifting set of experiences. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I had barely begun to speak when I noticed Badenhorst shifting uncomfortably. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Street of the Turks echoed with a Saturday that lasted for several days and in the poolroom at the Hotel Jacob they had to arrange twenty-four-hour shifts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They chew their cud and moo into their phones until the herd shifts gears and rolls forward again. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Eventually, though, Lefty began to understand the difference between five-card draw and seven-card stud, and gradually the balance of payments around the table began to shift. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She tried to shift her weight to ease the pressure on her flawed side. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched him, he shifted his feet twice, standing on one and pulling the other up into his warm feathers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get a shift at the store today. Went home after school.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He sits on the stoop instead, still with the red cup in his hand, and with his shifting jaw. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lyddie pulled at her own straggly brown plaits, grateful when attention shifted and the room was once again filled with chattering. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Carmine flops over, tucking his legs beneath him and stretching his arms, and both of us shift to accommodate him. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In a similar manner, centuries of respectable writers have gradually shifted the collective consensus of what is right and wrong while shrugging off now-forgotten edicts by self-appointed guardians of the language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She shifted her body into a more comfortable position. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Having been immersed in the development of the atom’s destructive potential, they were hoping to shift as a team into work on the generation of electricity and other such peacetime aspects of the embryonic science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I knew what it was to have a misconception corrected—a misconception of such magnitude that shifting it shifted the world. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Across the room, through the glass, Mom’s expression shifted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Lay the stones level, that’s the first principle in keeping a wall from shifting and falling down. “The second is to lay the stones one on two, two on one. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally, he countered with Capo Ferro which surprised the man in black, but he defended well, quickly shifting out of Agrippa and taking the attack himself, using the principles of Thibault. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t be sure, but I think my numb body shifts so hard I hit the inside of the chamber. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I asked, shifting the sign to my other hand to give my right one a rest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes shift in my direction and focus on me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He presses a button, and the entire wall shifts back and into a pocket, revealing a wall of glass. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Compliments of Mama Santoni. She heard you had to work two shifts.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They lay quiet for a while, then their focus shifted to helping Nixon get reelected to a second term. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Songololo would move so she was out of the rain, at which point Anastasia would shift position and expose her daughter all over again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Turner was sitting in a front pew as hard as Jacob’s pillow, and he shifted now and again to let another part of him take his weight. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Here, no one will notice my heroism on that Saturday’s shift. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This shift, she noted, had profound consequences for the future of racial justice advocacy; in fact, it was debilitating to the movement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

So I just said, “Not too bad,” and she nodded, and it was kind of impossible not watch the light shift in the highlights in her hair. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She carried a gunnysack, which held her other dress and night shift. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I empty out my handbag, looking through my notes scribbled on bits of paper, all the scraps of information I’ve gleaned, the memories shifting like shadows, and I wonder, Why am I doing this? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cloud passes over the moon, and the light shifts across my hands. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But when ice starts to melt on a frozen lake, the surface can shift unpredictably. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by my first few shifts, I don’t think my absence will be such a burden. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The third is feathered and covered in seed pearls that shift into various gleaming shades of white—cream and milk and lily and ivory and bone. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She started down the stairs, and I was close behind, shifting Fern to my other hip. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We put in our shifts, and all the necessary information was drilled into us. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed, the reversion to a strict shift system dispelled the sense of floating timelessness of those first twenty-four hours. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She kept shifting in the witness stand, not sure where to put her hands, not sure where to look. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It would be like having new lenses put into her eyes, shifting the filter through which she took in everything around her, but Jam was ready. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Loki shifted his shape, and now he was, in voice and in appearance, a beautiful young serving woman. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The wind shifted, and the alley filled with clouds of gritty steam from the doused fires. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I could hear Tommy shifting behind us, trying to get a better view. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jule shifted her handbag so it went across her body and wouldn’t easily come off. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I remained as still as the ancient mountains themselves, afraid that if I shifted even a little, the sight before me would disappear. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Or creating a schematic for an invention that would’ve shifted the world. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

"Final checks for this shift are complete," Mitch said into his headset. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the river, they shifted a few meters to the north and began wading back up the field. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurses will be huddling by the computers, coffee mugs in hand, for change of shift. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was something deeper than what I normally felt at school, the slow shift of generational gears. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And once exposed, it behaved as though it were itself a plant and flourished into a huge suede-gray flower that throbbed like fever, and sighed like the shift of sand dunes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl shifted, looking a little surprised, and then she picked up her bag and turned to the door. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She tried shifting her thoughts to the journey they would begin that afternoon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Ivy looked at June, who had shifted her glare to her mother. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Clayton wiped his eyes and then shifted them to Grizzly Bear without turning his head. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Returning home one afternoon from her hospital shift, Regina was approached in front of her apartment house at 560 Lincoln Place by two sunglassed men, conservatively dressed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If the earth shifted any more, the entire complex might collapse on their heads. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Take them to the east block and let the next shift sort them out.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The dream had been dark wet sand, shifting above water, quicksand with no bottom or top, no edges; it had quivered and heaved in spasms until he choked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then the air shifts and freezes me in my tracks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She shifted back and forth, back and forth, lowing in a most mournful manner. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As she stares at him, confused, the pieces of the puzzle begin to shift together. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Clock Watchers around them murmured, shifted uncomfortably. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As casually as possible, she shifted the book deeper into her backpack while she removed her notebook. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The going was loose and he was heavy, and more than once the scree shifted under his feet and carried him down again in a scramble of dust and gravel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The boys let their eyes shift vagrantly over to Bernabe, and they gave him a cluster of cool, sleepy-eyed glances that almost made him shiver. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At parties, when all six-foot-five of him thundered into the room, attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After completing her shift at the convalescent home, she now worked a four-hour shift at the supermarket, often not getting off work until one a.m. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The shifting shadows made the stone figures seem to stir as the living passed by. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Even on weekend mornings, I have to leave early to work the breakfast shift at the hotel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crackle, distorted by the microphones, but I know my father’s voice; I can hear it shift at all the right times, lift in all the right places. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Mary Rose shifts a little as she takes my weight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It let out a long moo, making the barn shake simply by shifting its stance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He came down with a crash, and the bones shifted and let him fall through. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime during the night, perhaps, my brother here on this bed will change form, melt, shift, and become another thing, a terrible thing, a Martian. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find a fresh battery for the floor’s portable communications radio and grab a sheaf of forms that I have to fill out during my shift. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift my weight and put my hands in my pockets. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I shift, hiding my interest behind the Cap’n Crunch box, and hope they forget my presence in the room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I just stare at him, and a soft sigh comes from the bed, a creak as his weight shifts. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I curtsied awkwardly, stepping on my shift and nearly falling on my face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift my position on the chilly floor, cupping the warmth from the hot water I’ve poured over the dregs of my tea, thinking of how close Max came to suicide on the train. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The driver shifted gears and gunned the engine as I crouched down in the backseat. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now this was a definite shift from where we’d started which was all about them bringing me cups of tea and holding my hand and exactly when the shift occurred I couldn’t tell you. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to take shifts, waiting outside the door, to let them have privacy. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fuller shifted this cigar, giving me the evil eye. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted my hands on the heavy handle. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chair creaked as someone shifted in their seat, and Moss looked to his friends. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With the assassin’s trail in Maryland growing cold, the soldiers would soon leave and shift the action to other places far from Bryantown and his farm. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no,” Mary said, shifting from foot to foot. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t recognize her—there must have been a shift change while I’d napped. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze shifted from the massive bulldozer to the bird burrow, then back again. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was assigned a late shift at that time and never finished working until mid-evening. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Bush administration says that the tax cuts have actually made the income tax system more progressive, shifting the burden slightly more to those with higher incomes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“How old are you, girl? Sixteen? Seventeen? Nations rise and fall. Markets are made and unmade. When power shifts, someone always suffers.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She shifted the goblets into order, squeezing in belladonna just before the goblet containing a lethal dose of oleander. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It is the same sequence we just watched—except he has altered the park’s landscape, shifting the stream a little this way, a little that. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Styx’s eyes shifted, like he was looking to see who else was with us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gardening at dawn in a thin shift and with loose hair was nearly fun. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the relativist account of science were correct, every major paradigm shift ought to be accompanied by bitter disputes between competing intellectual communities: indeed it was Kuhn’s view that this is exactly what happens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Silently, Fina shifts her weight to peek out from the side of the rock again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The video camera shifts back to the South Tower. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Copy that. All stations: Flight director shift change." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salem Police divers did double duty, working regular shifts as uniformed police officers or detectives, but also responding to emergency situations. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The darkness of his eyes shifts in the low light, catching hints of fairy light as well as the warmth from the heat lamps. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She spent the next few weeks in the same haze, but something had begun to shift. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The plants glimmered and shifted in the breeze, some of them still in autumn-start bloom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the maddening laughter continued, each whirling object suddenly contorted, enlarged, ballooned, stretched, shrank, into all sorts of grotesque, shifting monsters, all of them attempting to swallow me up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to think of a quick change of subject, to let him off the hook, but then he shifted in his chair and squinted across the room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I shifted my position so I could see them better. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene shifted to and fro over the glittering sands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His sight begins to shift continuously from shadow to light, darkness replaced by expansive white only to be consumed by darkness again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The tears pushed up from somewhere deep in his belly, shifted into his throat, and then dribbled out like water from a leaky faucet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I shift a few inches forward, hoping I am still hidden. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At the Rad Lab, it seemed, one could get away with a half-finished research project, but shirking one’s nighttime shift operating the machine was a sin. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because it contains some of Japan’s best agricultural land, where super-expensive Kobe beef is raised today, and where Japan’s ancient capital was located at Kyoto until the capital’s shift to Tokyo in 1868. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever sweet scenes you might witness on a playground, beneath them lay a tyranny of shifting hierarchies and alliances. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Imam Malik shifts his weight as if the burden resting on him is too much to carry. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Except when I pulled out all the pieces of wedding dress, Papa’s face shifted, and it wasn’t Papa anymore, but Manolo! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The credit was God’s, and there was no illusion about the Central Position’s shifting or becoming less than Itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twig was shifting her weight, left and right, fidgeting with the excitement of a plan. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The light shifted during the afternoon and cascaded through the clean windows, burnishing the room with gold. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I know I don’t always do a great job of showing it, but you mean everything in the universe to me, William. I don’t know what I’d do—” He shifts his focus to the ceiling. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He’s been waiting for me for thirty minutes while I finished my shift at the Idle Hour. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Arm, in shifting to a more comfortable position, had put his foot squarely on one of the vlei people. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They kind of shift into these different pictures. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The strap of the automatic weapon slung across her back digs into her neck and she shifts her shoulder to reposition it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The kinds of scholarships a kid like me needed when Ma was working night shifts over at Uline. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Not here...a little more...” he said, shifting her one more step to the right. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

U.S. policy toward the tribes shifted from containment to forced assimilation, and officials increasingly tried to turn the Osage into churchgoing, English-speaking, fully clothed tillers of the soil. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The shadows shift, and within them, two malevolent eyes flash. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He kept shifting in his seat, rolling his window up, then down again, turning around to look at the cars behind us. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, though, she’d shifted on the step, and with her big, beefy hands on her knees she turned to face the sun. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jam could see a whole river of things in his face, currents shifting and swelling, vacillating from grief to fury. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Several moans escaped him as he shifted, rocking back and forth on his side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The mine hadn’t gone to a full seven-day shift, even with the new orders for coal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

First, the color changes in the face, shifts from white to grey, and then there are clouds that float across it, disappearing when they reach the opposite side. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The page shifted and blurred before Helen’s eyes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roads literally stopped at the border of many black neighborhoods, shifting from pavement to dirt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I gotta go work the evening shift,” he says as he parks on American Street and turns off the engine. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe this was why so many people said it felt better to drive a stick shift. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He folds his arms in front of his chest and shifts his feet. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I asked, shifting out from under the sheets. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I even slept at the firehouse with him because he worked twenty-four-hour shifts. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lee’s head shifted slightly, imperceptibly; his eyes shifted. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ain’t taking my car every day, woman, what if I get the day shift and need to—” “She paying me seventy dollars cash every Friday, Leroy.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Jonathan felt the men around him shift uneasily, sensing the fear that had settled over the group like a suffocating blanket. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His face blurred as it shifted between that of a dimpled, skinny man and that of a jeweled tarantula. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The doctor must have heard accusation in this question, judging by the defensive shift in her tone. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They belong to a family of “inappropriate shifts” in which the writer fails to stay put at a single vantage point but vanishes from one and pops up at another. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Arp points to other cases in which a galaxy with a small red shift is flanked by two quasars of large and almost identical red shift. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The friars and students around the children shifted eagerly and tried to peer over one another to see who was coming. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Tycho in particular made an intensive study of the star to see if there was any trace of the parallax shift that could be expected if the Earth really did move around the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a Thursday, which meant his mother didn’t work at the hospital until the night shift. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I shift around in the seat to get a better look at him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I shift my bottom to the edge of my wheelchair, and reach for my walker. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I grit my teeth and shift my arm down, firing at Eric’s foot. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And it's like the whole world has shifted about ten feet to the right. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its arms shifted about like the legs of the beetle blade, some with sharp picks that drove into the stone of the wall for support. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They pinned themselves between the ladders, perched precariously above the blurred ground and slept in nodding shifts that broke off at abrupt moments when the train jerked forward or slammed to a slower speed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can see it in his discomfort, the way his eyes shift, as if looking for an escape. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She had an hour to wait before Donovan finished his bar shift. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She shifts her focus to me without question, hut I can tell by the wary look in her eyes that she would rather talk to Marcus. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

These little, shifting farms look like unchanged remnants of the past. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Homer dropped her filthy shift into the gutter, the brown of the dried blood seeping into the mud. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But somehow the Thicket seemed to shift and grow and stretch around him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His sleeping shift, hung on a nail by the door. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was as if the shark had sensed it was being watched, stalked even, because right when Sookie aimed the harpoon at the fish, the shark shifted in a different direction. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I shift onto my stomach, but the pillow is too stiff beneath my turned cheek. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We reach the place where the outside world ends and the experiment begins, as abrupt a shift as if someone had drawn a line in the ground. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He would never master the Second’s eerie stalking silence, and he could hear his shallow breaths and the slippery shifting of his feet in the vaulted stone hallways. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Right after her shift, she heads to her meeting at the county tax office. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She shifted, her dress changing with the landscape. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sit in the darkness for a long time, watching the shadows shift when the moon does, and I wonder if maybe Mom doesn't really hate me—maybe she doesn't hate any of us. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I coughed, and Gum Baby shifted on my shoulder, but neither of us tried to argue with her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But something had shifted when that image appeared on my screen. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Toby shifted sideways, so he could see her better. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But then his gaze shifts, and his smile melts off like the bad juju has leapt onto his face. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was still staring when his eyes suddenly shifted back to mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The shrill whistle of the Devlin Coal Mine signaled the end of one shift and the beginning of another. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure can hear the aquaria bubble and the woman inhale and the rubber stoppers on the stool legs beneath her squeak as she shifts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There’s been progress in the past year: a few court victories Alex has kept track of in his trusty binder, registration drives for young voters, the Houston rally, the shifting polls. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He looked back at me and smiled, his mood shifting yet again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Everything about me shifts—my eyes, my feet, my hands—everything about me screams something isn't right. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Chairs shifted and scraped against the dusty floor as people took their seats and eyed each other without speaking. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She smiles, shifts into drive, and we jolt off toward the city. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He turned slowly, freezing in place when the bones threatened to shift, then moving again, aiming toward where he thought the nearest edge lay. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a shifting as they made room for us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Across the room, the pile of rubble shifted, and Otis busted out. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"CAPCOM, read your logs and see what the previous shift did. See if a massive course change was ordered and somehow nobody told us." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dusty was supposed to watch me while my mother worked the late shift. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was gone long enough for the other guard to shift impatiently, but Tree-ear did not budge. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I saw the Japanese wood block of the ocean waves and shifted the loose stack with my fingertips. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And can we actually disaggregate the work of a journalist and keep part in London and New York and shift part to India? The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The shift in direction forces Libby to lean into me; a frustratedAdam slams his console against his lap. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was large and shifting, as though composed of shadow and the ominous stench that pervaded everything. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin shifted in his seat, opened his mouth, closed it, and opened it again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They shifted their gaze to Dad and me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My foot falls asleep and I shift positions. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I swallow a smile and shift, settling back against the seat. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But now, as he watched her lift up the giant man using only her words, he felt something shift inside him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She smiled, shifted her knee away from mine. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Madame Hoo knew from the shifting eyes that a bad person was in the room. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stocky guard glares at me, shifting his weight from one foot to the other, then squares himself to the other guard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The light filtering in from above shifts again, and the figure quavers as though she were watching through a heat haze, though Mr. A. H— remains comparatively crisp and clear. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I scramble to my feet, shift the clothes so they hide the posters, and slip on the orange bra and undies set I got for tonight. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The foundation had shifted, leaving deep crevices in the walls. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Periodically, he will run a shifting maze, but when he fails and finds himself in a dead-end, he reacts violently. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’ll shift a little, and his leg will touch me, or I feel his flank just graze my behind. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted from one foot to the other and touched her shoulder timidly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set my watch alarm for ten o’clock and fall asleep right away, without even shifting to a comfortable position. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She felt the faintest dip in the aircraft’s balance as the weight shifted. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Under the sizzle of the frying butter and the hum of talk, Lyra shifted around to find a more comfortable position for herself. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She shifts her body slightly so she's facing me, her eyes almost stern. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hearing shouts and loud cries, the crowd shifted its gaze away from the stage and began to surge toward the gate. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” said Hazel, shifting a little. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Lee studied the shiny metal under the lamp, shifting the picture this way and that to overcome the highlights. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old soldier shifted about and smoked his pipe indifferently. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” she says, and she carefully shifts her weight. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

A third one is short, only a paragraph long, and complains about working two night shifts in a row. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Haymitch's eyes shift around my musty holding space, and he seems to make a decision. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Father Mike had shifted his gaze back to the road, where they met a terrifying sight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It shifted beneath my feet as I tested it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew the terrible facts of a violation, but it remained everyone’s secret, shared in whispers among shifting groups that broke away self-importantly to new business. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Paul Ellis toiled on the night shift at the mill and painted houses during the day in a vain effort to raise his family a notch or two. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia’s mom, Crystal, who Fuchsia unaffectionately calls by her first name, works the early shift at the bakery and currently has full custody of Fuchsia. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And as it shifted, Cole felt himself floating upward into a cloud. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The leaves made designs on the background of the sky, intricate patterns that shifted with any slightest breeze. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladder shifts, moving closer to the edge of the window frame on the other side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Times analysis also shows that over the next decade, the tax cuts Bush wants to extend indefinitely would shift the burden further from the richest Americans. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

From the president’s vantage point the scene was festive and crisp, but at ground level there was water and mud and the mucid sucking that accompanied any shift in position. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This is the opposite of the earthquake, where things were falling apart and the ground was shifting beneath my small feet. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The car pulled to the right, and the suitcase beside them shifted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“This is the day you go on the early shift,” said Mildred. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Tía is on the early shift at the bakery. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Father shifted his hips suddenly to the right and the rudders shifted to the right and the wings warped again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me she was sorry she had you reciting that poem and getting you shifted from the room, Frankie. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you take a nap in there, and when my shift ends at one, come meet me. And bring my library books with you.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Keenan stands just behind me, shifting from foot to foot, an animal ill at ease. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Underdowns’ two sons, big crew-cut boys shifting around in grown men’s bodies, grabbed handfuls of cookies with their big hands and bolted from the table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was their job to make certain the mine was safe for the two coal-digging shifts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The smith’s prentice shifted his grip on the iron bar selfconsciously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The guards stationed at the blocks usually follow us to dinner before switching shifts. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He won’t even look at me^-his eyes keep shifting across my face, to the wall behind me or the ceiling above me, to everything but me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously, that is no more than an average long-term trend, with innumerable shifts in either direction: 1,000 amalgamations for 999 reversals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard many theories about what happened to us after death, but even with Yakov’s dybbuk shifting inside my veins, I still didn’t have an answer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I should go now. I have a shift in two hours,” she says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lenny stands up to announce he’s leaving to go fill out an application for a maintenance late shift at the hospital. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The rise of evangelicals has also coincided with the gradual shift of most of them from the Democratic Party to the Republican and their growing political activism. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ma walked the floor with her all hours, so Pa worked double shifts to keep their wages regular. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Parts of the bridge were sinking and other parts were afire and the whole thing was creaking and shifting and like to hurst asunder at any moment, but that did not seem to stop them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Valley didn’t change her position, but she had shifted a bit closer to Thorn and there was a small, shy smirk on her face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Beyond that the ocean vast and cold and shifting heavily like a slowly heaving vat of slag and then the gray squall line of ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He shifted restlessly but there was no avoiding the sun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Come by around eleven thirty. My shift ends at noon.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

All I hear is the hum of the refrigerator and the creaking of the stool when I shift or swivel. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Then the wind shifted and there was just the silence. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At the end of his shift, the white driver went to the police station and turned himself in. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the game gets under way Bryce and Aurora have shifted to right in front of the TV, but they still only pay attention for commercials, when it’s “more fun.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The mattress shifts, and Henry moves up to the pillows, nuzzling his face into the hollow of Alex’s throat. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She returned to Clover, and I could hear him shifting and sighing as she worked on his dusty coat. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As Katz shifted, the edge of the blade sliced into my cheek. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sixteen years ago, the sails had cracked and snapped with every shift of wind, until he'd pulled them down and gone on with muffled oars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I feel myself shift, already losing bits of my prenatal omniscience, tumbling toward the blank slate of person- hood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They questioned my mother about my father’s medical history, then shifted to questions about his mental state. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

So I welcomed the arrival of lunchtime, when Francis’ cheerful prattle temporarily shifted my thoughts to why undergraduates could not satisfy an pair girls. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But then the wind shifted, and the smell of smoke came through the trees. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My cousins who we called cousins but weren’t really cousins were working the Saturday lunch shift while the rest of us took to the streets. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Sean was on shift, but Finn had been sitting at the kitchen table all night. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But when I arrive in the morning for the ten-to-six shift, no one seems to be expecting me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the birds directed their attention at the dragon, who shifted uncomfortably. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sand shifted out from under our feet as Smitty and I tried to scramble up the steep slope. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her pink hair must be a wig because her curls have shifted slightly off-center since her encounter with Haymitch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Byrd shifts from her naughty gloves to Axel in his thinking spot. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Open water was becoming harder and harder to find: a shifting mass of ice stretched from one horizon to the next. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Her skin shifts into a mosaic of colors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He shifted his weight as if he were going to get up out of his wheelchair, but I knew that was impossible. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“But I need new music. Can I owe you guys some form of credit? I’ll owe you a ride. I’ll pay you at the end of my shift, at the end of the week?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

From the look of it, he'd lost his belt, his cloak, his mail shirt, and his right boot so far, while the girl had been forced to unbutton her shift to the waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I can look at Kat and still be listening to whoever I’m talking to,” Dr. Gazzaley says, then shifts his eyes back to me. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Like I had X-ray goggles, I could see each vertebra shift as he glided around me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She tried not to notice the cut of muscle that shifted just beneath the fabric of his shirt. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The still waters of Lake Washington, stretched out at the city’s back, slowly shifted from gray to green to blue. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Lyell believed that the Earth’s shifts were uniform and steady–that everything that had ever happened in the past could be explained by events still going on today. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I passed through a gauntlet of enraged faces and shifting bodies, ducking my head to avoid hurled stones. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I climb the hill and shift down, the motor roars with effort. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Keeping up the big house on the corner required an army of servants, and her mother’s entourage forced them to maintain twenty-four-hour shifts in the kitchen. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on the floor because the bench is too shaky, creaking every time he shifts. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And then, for no apparent reason, the balance shifts, and Michelangelo rises in their thoughts, his slumped body, the dancing flames, his burning flesh. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We washed the sisters’ thin bodies and pulled clean shifts over their heads. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shift my hand back, centimeter by centimeter, so the soldier pointing a gun at me doesn’t notice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes met hers, then shifted to take in Cecilia who was facing away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If you do, you can watch the sky shift from gray to auburn and next thing you know, it’s morning. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Newsies sketch pictures of us, and black gossip post-balloons shift in and out of the crowd, their tails whipping in all directions, trying to catch a scandalous word here or there. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Bracing my hands against the backrests, I make my way to the front of the shifting bus. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mami ran from the window, her face glowing, to the basket of house clothes and slipped out of her flowered dress into a faded shift. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Each step I take, the earth beneath seems to shift, throwing me off balance. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma shifts her shoulder so it’s not as close to Daddy, and his jaw is clenched. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The shampoos and lotions and balms that used to be at the back of the store I shift to shelves near the pharmacy, so that people filling prescriptions can also buy plasters and ointments. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope so, Auntie,” said Neel, shifting his feet and watching for his friend. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But Papa said to kill it,” I said, trying to shift the moral blame upon my father. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

People shifted, coughed, did not take their eyes off him, but still seemed not to respond. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoa!” he says, quickly shifting back and putting a hand over his chest to try and slow his breathing and heart rate down. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The work went on in shifts and the rabbits took it in turns to feed, play and lie in the sun above ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, on rainy days, the earth underneath would shift and tilt the toilet to one side, making it difficult to balance inside. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t want to skip town and visit Pennsylvania and miss any shifts at Aw Shucks.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The roof clattered as he shifted his feet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Corporal glowered, then shifted around once more and drifted toward the men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His voice only shifted as he began to wrap it up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wind shifted and the smell grew stronger, something dead and rotten. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Henry’s face is calm and genial, but one of his knees has shifted over to dig into Alex’s. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All of us shifting from foot to foot, slapping, some people moaning in pain but only the babies shrieking and wailing out loud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even know,” I finally said, shifting in my seat again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I say at the start of each shift. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if she misses the rest of her shift, she’ll take me—it is her last shift, after all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In an effort to protect their superior status and economic position, the planters shifted their strategy for maintaining dominance. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He says, There was no call at all to shift you up here away from Patricia when you didn’t even know what happened to the highwayman and Bess. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was becoming frustrated, and Chapman probably saw me shift in my seat. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He shifted from one foot to the other again; he just wanted to get this over with. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He shifts his cross-legged position on the desktop and looks at me for much too long before he finally returns to the pages in his open book. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The focus of the activities of the invisible college shifted to Oxford, however, when several of its prominent members took up posts there in 1648, as the Civil War drew to a close. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Grace was trying to gulp in air and the necklace shifted against her chest, making her physically ache. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For a while Kreisel held forth on a way to make a financial killing by shifting money between the politically divided parts of Europe. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She pulled a soiled shift down Over her head and shook her hair out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m only going to ask you this once, and then I won’t ask it again,” he said, staring at her so intensely that she shifted on her feet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Brother Ugo had shifted away from him on the bench, shaking his head emphatically. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His hands were numb with cold but he did not dare attempt to shift his grip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

From way over here, I hear her giggle as she tucks her hair behind her ears and shifts her hips. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

With a groan he shifted in the bed and sat up, his back against the headboard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The color of the ice was wont to change with every shift of the light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Far out to come in when the wind shifts. I want to be out before it is light.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand on the porch, listening to the hollow sounds of the evening, gravel under Stuart’s shifting feet, dogs moving in the early darkness. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He shifted the fan to his other hand. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept shifting her weight from one leg to the other, trying to ease the pain from the swelling of her varicose veins. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My mother’s current shift ran from 4:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M., plus three hours of overtime. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’d talk sports with my dad as he headed out for a shift at the water plant. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now his jaw moves at the mention of Warren; he shifts his weight from one foot to the other. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Whenever she wanted to look at anything, even though it was near her, she turned her entire head and body to see it and did not shift her eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Archer swallowed, making his scar shift over the motion of his throat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Like everybody else in Coalwood, I lived according to the rhythms set by the shifts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The way the shadows shifted made it seem as if the walls were moving too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds, though, my eyes shift back to Four. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

This red shift, observed in the spectral lines of distant galaxies and interpreted as a Doppler effect, is the key to cosmology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children were shifting uneasily in their seats. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There is also the problem that access to telescopes is always at a premium and historically measuring red shifts has been notably costly in telescope time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The camera angle shifted in the video, zooming out, then zooming in again on a dark-haired man standing next to the Mom-who-wasn’t-Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The cook shifted on his feet and rubbed his nose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The shifting light from the candles enhances the indistinct quality about his face, so she looks away before she replies, turning her attention to the contents of the mantelpiece. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The new century seemed to mark a shift in the women’s movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Coming about,” he said, and we ducked our heads and shifted to the starboard bench as the boom swung across and we tacked past the last of the land. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We were between the lunch and dinner shifts, so the place was empty except for a few cooks preparing for dinner service. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At odd intervals the immense coils would shift lazily with a dry scaly rustle; the head, however, remained fixed in the same position. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The earth goddess’s dreams were so powerful, they cast shadows across the cave walls—ghastly shifting images of Nazi armies raging across Europe, Japanese planes destroying American cities. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After a month, the incoming casualties from the Tet Offensive slowed, and the hospital went back to its usual shifts: twelve hours on, twelve hours off. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She shifted some of the leaves closer to the low flames. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her friends all stared at me, and Maddie shifted from foot to foot, looking like she was in pain. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I shift my position and suddenly I feel something in my pocket. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

There is nevertheless a nagging suspicion among some astronomers that all may not be right with the deduction, from the red shifts of galaxies via the Doppler effect, that the universe is expanding. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sucks and booms and splashes and rumbles; it shifts and dilates and falls over itself; the labyrinth of Saint-Malo has opened onto a portal of sound larger than anything she has ever experienced. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The cables still lay buried in the desert, protected by the shifting sands and a near-total absence of rainfall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I ease back down, and it’s like the rocks in my brain shift around and let pieces of thoughts trickle out. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I tooted the horn lightly, but he was not to be shifted. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

From the windowsill she took a white shift, laundered that very morning, and dropped it over her head and shoulders. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like thinking about it,” Simmon said, shifting uncomfortably in his chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Blanca was prone to colds and slept winter and summer in woolen shifts she knit herself in her spare time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as she speaks, her scarf shifts in hue to a rich, wine-like burgundy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He knew it had happened, because he heard slight movements around him that suggested frail bodies shifting their footing on the earthy, twig-strewn ground that marked the outer edge of the forest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He shifts back to look at my face. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Too risky. But Connor’s already at the Pizza Pit for the lunch shift. I think he’d let us use his to get our stuff out of there.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

High above him the leaves constantly shifted, making a soft, hissing sound. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Previous failures will mean that your brother will work extra shifts and come home at dawn so that he doesn't have to see you anymore. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The moon drifted in and out of sight behind the shifting clouds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Justyce asks himself the same question as he watches her try—and fail—to shift to her knees. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’ve also scrubbed the laundry and the house, been to the market, worked two shifts, and helped extract a little girl from the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They shifted uncomfortably, as if an arctic wind were rattling through their ranks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then she set down her mug, slipped into her sleeping shift, and pulled back the blanket at the foot of the bed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

People shifted uncomfortably in the truck, thinking about what they might have in their bags. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When I change shifts with the evening workers, he’s leaning against a wooden pole for a telephone wire. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“My dad works the swing shift. He’s coming here straight from work.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he looked up from the toilet, shifting on his knees, he saw a wealthy goblin woman draped in strings of pearls glaring at him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe her transformation was merely a temporary shift in my perspective—for that moment, perhaps the perspective was his, that of the brother I hated, and loved. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Gold filings shifted around the magnet of her navel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Hey, wait! Just tell me one thing. What were those queer shifting marches, those funny dance steps, that the robots went through every time they went screwy?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Used to be at Wendy’s but they gave me, oh, man, the worst shifts, so I switched it up. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I shifted my weight slightly and took hold of the rope again. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She finishes her shift and gets her purse from the back room. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“If we try to climb out, the bones will shift. There’s tons of them here. We’ll fall to the bottom, and they’ll come down on top of us.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed up a few minutes later, after working an overnight shift at UPS and catching a quick nap. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She worked the swing shift at Chase Manhattan Bank as a typist, leaving home at three P.M. and returning around two A.M., The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farley didn’t know if Grandma was home, because his shift had just started. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Rad Lab was starting to operate on an industrial scale, with graduate students working in shifts to keep the cyclotron running round the clock. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He shifts his weight and arranges his legs so he's sitting cross-legged. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The west wind had shifted northward and it was turning colder, but the rain was gone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Gen’s dark eyes shifted to the neighboring sign on the rug. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That demographic shift of the last 500 years—the most massive shift on any continent except Australia—has its ultimate roots in developments between about 11,000 B.C. and A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s some shifting around, a lot of giggles, and some screams as two players bump heads. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He works fourteen- hour shifts in the neighborhood plant's friction stoves and always comes home rubbing his eyes from the smoke. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Soon the distant noise of Ron straining to shift the rocks was gone. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As public attention shifted from the streets to the courtroom, the extraordinary grassroots movement that made civil rights legislation possible faded from public view. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The monsters shifted uneasily, snarling and tearing at the trees in frustration. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The woman grinned at him because she was straddling the gear stick and he kept brushing against her thigh whenever he shifted gears. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I shift my arms slightly so I can see his expression through the crack. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as the lunch shift ended, I took my bag and shoved my dishwasher shirt inside. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

You shift, and the afternoons rays break through from behind your head. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My focus shifts from the forms of Michah and the girl, and I notice the mound of their discarded clothes, scattered paper bits, maps full of pinholes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’m trying not to fidget because every time I shift in my seat the torn vinyl scratches the backs of my legs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The legislature approved his plan shifting responsibility for desegregation from the state to local school boards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Friday, she had to work straight through—a sixteen-hour shift—because the company was short-handed on account of an influenza epidemic. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted my bag to my other shoulder and told him: “’Cause for one thing, man, you’re patient as hell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I tucked the quilt around her and stood up, quickly changing into my clean day shift. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do me a favor and put in a good word for me with Evelyn. I don’t want so many night shifts. The name’s Drea.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the winds have shifted in our direction. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a second, his eyes shift to mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

This could be a handy technique if I get mugged and need to puke: eye shifting. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Ha, ha, ha," she says sarcastically, and I feel the truck shift gears and lurch forward. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“At any rate, I was jealous. Instead of confronting them and finding out the truth, I shifted the wind and sent a heavy metal ring right at Hyacinthus’s head and...well.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I heard her shifting the receiver to her other hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They lost the thread of his tale and shifted uneasily, looking aside at one another. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the same way, by looking at how a star’s light spectrum gets shifted, astronomers can deduce how fast the star is moving—toward us or away. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I shifted on the seat, trying to discreetly rearrange the folds of my skirt under a very tired rump. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, after the factory shift was over, Comrade K. N. M. Pillai waylaid the workers of Paradise Pickles and shepherded them into his printing press. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Am I turning mean here, and is that a normal response to the end of a nine-hour shift? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their tally was exact with the list, and they had nothing to add except that the boxes were “main and mortal heavy,” and that shifting them was dry work. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z