| 单词 | shifting |
| 例句 | The ceremony fades out rather than ending properly, the mourners shifting from neat rows to mingling crowd without a distinct moment to mark the change. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 Other than shifting from Great Blue Herons to herons, he doesn’t strain for new ways of referring to the birds. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Britt-Marie and Laury both draw back in surprise, then look at each other before shifting their gazes between me and him and starting to smirk and make their eyebrows dance. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z 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 I remember Dorothy’s head shifting on my shoulder; she was mumbling something. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Ignatius gave the driver the clipboard and a variety of instructions upon speed, direction, and shifting. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “For sure. Yes, ma’am,” the others mumbled, shifting back and forth on their feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Shadows were shifting across the nearest mountain, forming the face of a sleeping woman. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 The fortune-teller picks up the deck and shuffles, shifting the cards from one hand to the other. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Roads literally stopped at the border of many black neighborhoods, shifting from pavement to dirt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z 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 Jonathan could hear the breathing of the men, the slight, nervous shifting of their feet. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 At first he could see only shifting shadows, but they soon turned into the shapes of bodies— people bending over the hole in the ceiling, looking down at him, pointing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 “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 He planted his shifting feet and straightened his body so that he stood up to his full height. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 Idiptu gestured at a shifting black cloud at the far end of the alley. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 My vision is so accustomed to a shifting horizon, to the metamorphoses of ocean and clouds, that to see such a mass of rock, immovable against the sky, was astonishing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Though it was tattooed in black ink, Taisin had always seen colors in it, as she did now in the lamplight—shadow colors, as indistinct and shifting as dusk over the sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her wrinkles tighten around her old eyes, her squint shifting into a glare. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Maybe not, but it's strange how the sand keeps shifting under me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z My faith was shifting, and I was afraid. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Guests move in flocks of color from the ballroom through the halls and the library, a constantly shifting rainbow punctuated with laughter and chatter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 There is some shifting in the seats at this: nobody wants to think about breast-feeding, not the professor and certainly not the girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Geels had been shifting slightly from foot to foot; now he went very still. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “I’ll keep you updated,” I decide to say, shifting to signal an end to our call. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He dropped the cube and stood swinging from foot to foot, staring at me or a little past me, the firelight shifting on his face. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Her robes were forest green, dappled with gold and white like sunlight shifting through branches. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t even know,” I finally said, shifting in my seat again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 In fact, as Dr. Posner would later help discover, patients with lesions to this part of the brain had more trouble shifting attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z There was some uneasy shifting about by the men. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “So small, I’m starting to feel claustrophobic,” Carrie says while shifting in her seat. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Practically is not the same as totally,” James said, shifting from foot to foot as he eyed two men who had come into view on the far side of the station. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Alex feels him shifting against his side, arms crossed over his chest in an attempt at his typical closed-off stance while lying on the floor with his feet in a mop bucket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I’m close to Tyler, Richard and Tony, and from them, as well as from other family, I hear of the ongoing drama on the mountain—the injuries, violence and shifting loyalties. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The speech is so long and so unexciting that people in the audience begin shifting their feet and then lowering their heads and slipping away into the night, off to search for a real celebration. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He leaned closer, shifting around uncomfortably in his seat. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Nothing but the sound of the horses shifting as we worked, Miss Maggie sneezing at the dust stirred up by the dandy brush. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Do you suppose,” I asked, as I poled the skiff, the focus of my romantic musings shifting from my own wedding day to Mr. Rice’s, “do you suppose her parents oppose the marriage?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Something imponderable shifting out there in the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 The half-moon shone through the window behind the couch, on which Uncle Jet was squirming and shifting in sleep. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 He groped for words, and ended up shifting in frustration back to Common Tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 The gun quivered in my hand, following the dark, shifting patterns of the smoke. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 He moves forward, back, keeping his torso upright without once shifting his weight. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Of course,” Raizel said sagely, before shifting to a more mundane line of questioning. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her eyes followed the shifting stars as they twinkled in the early morning sky. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Things are steadier now, not shifting so much. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 “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 “You don’t have to cry,” I say, shifting awkwardly near the doorway. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The visions he and Voldemort were sharing had changed in quality; they had become blurred, shifting as though they were moving in and out of focus. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z 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 And she reached up and peeled back the tarpaulin a little, revealing a blue stripe of shifting sky. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The lady and the man start yawning, talking, shifting in bed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Air-cooled,” I said, shifting to the other foot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I squirm a little, shifting in my seat. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I got you,” he said, shifting to stand in front of her, toes to toes, his palms still warm against her shoulders. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Fela looked around nervously, shifting her weight from foot to foot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I turned to Jenna, who was shifting her bag from shoulder to shoulder. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Sierra heard Robbie shifting back and forth on his feet behind her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They were nearly there when another shifting whirlpool ripped them away. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Your friend ought to keep his nose in his own business,” said Gimpy, shifting off his club foot. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 They began paddling the small canoe upstream, but before they had gotten very far, a shifting whirlpool spun the canoe around, pushing them toward the rapids and right in the path of a waterfall! Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z 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 It let out a long moo, making the barn shake simply by shifting its stance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Dad had always believed passionately in Mother’s herbs, but that night felt different, like something inside him was shifting, a new creed taking hold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I listed again in my head the things I’d observed myself: the impossible speed and strength, the eye color shifting from black to gold and back again, the inhuman beauty, the pale, frigid skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There’s some shifting around, a lot of giggles, and some screams as two players bump heads. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was why part of her, at least, didn’t mind the life they’d always lived, their thrift-store clothes, their salvaged beds and chairs, the shifting precariousness of it all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 Piper asks, shifting her books to her other arm. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The beginning of “history,” then, means a sudden increase in the speed of events, a shifting from low gear into high gear, as it were. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 stood now amid the cages in the cellars of the Colosseum, breathing in the rank stench and listening to the growls and shiftings and howlings of the beasts. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z There was a shifting as they made room for us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 I could hear my voice shifting, ripping out of me, like I was fighting for breath. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He raised the rifle to his shoulder again and saw them react, shifting backward clumsily, crowding together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I nodded, and Arturo walked over, shifting the bag as he clasped Maribel’s arm and put one hand on the small of my back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In the shifting shadows, it’s hard to see. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 There was only shifting sand, shifting loyalties, shifting histories. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z "Thank you," I said, shifting my weight on my feet and touching the door knob, little moves, polite preliminaries to closing the door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "They're taking the joint apart," he called above the shifting of the gears. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was shifting into Korean, getting his throat ready. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ice cracking and shifting. Millions of tons of ice.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 She could see the effort it took him to keep his eyes from shifting. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Her feet could not find a safe place—the sand beneath the water kept shifting. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d spoken to Madame, but I could sense Tommy shifting next to me, and was aware of the texture of his clothes, of everything about him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh,” he said, shifting from one skate to the other, like he wasn’t really comfortable on them. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 How they thought light shifting was the dead sending us messages. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She decides to send a card to each of them, shifting the respective name to the top of the card: to her husband’s apartment in Cleveland, to Gogol in New York, adding Maxine’s name, too. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 I slept lightly, waking at the first sounds of fussing, at the slightest shifting of weight, so I could fetch the ice and tinctures before Luke became fully conscious and the pain gripped him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The topmost scholastic standing, I remember, kept shifting between me, a girl named Audrey Slaugh, and a boy named Jimmy Cotton. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s something there, something shifting, he swears it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Well, you did draw it,” Francis says, shifting her tools to the other counter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It made the world seem solid, not a shifting mist of dreams. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she did, she heard a rustle from beneath her shifting cushions and remembered. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 I could hear Tommy shifting behind us, trying to get a better view. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The lamps shed a shifting orange light that exaggerated the detectives’ shadows. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It looks affectionate, until I see Cardan’s flinch, the shifting of his balance. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Well,” she says, shifting and brushing something off her jeans, something that isn’t there. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The fire flared up and swallowed the dry paper, and I found my thoughts shifting to Nazi book burnings. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Just give it a minute or two,” he said, shifting the car into gear. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Oh no,” Mary said, shifting from foot to foot. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The whip fell, slicing into bone, reverberating through her body, making everything collapse and explode in agony, shifting her body into a graveyard, a dead— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 So we are going to leave Hazel for a moment and step into the glimmering, shifting world. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “He’s never said no before,” Mike said, shifting the box onto his shoulder so he could drop an arm around Chubs’s shoulder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z White trees, black sky, red flames, everything was whirling, shifting, spinning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Once the skeleton was picked clean, it would begin, often, to float, like seaweed in a quiet tide, shifting this way and that, sometimes surfacing, more often just journeying through the Snow Sand for eternity. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z From the street below, the top floor of the Rookery seemed aflame with the shifting light of the jets and the fire in the great hearth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We sat in silence for a few minutes, the only sounds coming from the shifting logs in the fire and Duuzuu’s occasional questioning coos. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Lane was shifting restively in his chair, and there was an expression on his face—a matter of raised eyebrows, chiefly—that she knew very well. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 Is it not ever thus, the attempts to parley between master and slave, and perhaps between all men—is it not always words shouted across the shifting flood, torn away by wind? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He had no face, only a shifting cloud of smoke where his features should have been. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The children were shifting uneasily in their seats. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 The way the mists threw back the shifting light made their features seem bestial, half-human, twisted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 “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 Thomas stood awkwardly, shifting from one foot to the other. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The balance of nature is not a status quo; it is fluid, ever shifting, in a constant state of adjustment. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It looks like an oval of colors, greens and blues, yellows and purples, all constantly shifting. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 Herds of puffy cumulus raced beneath the sun, imprinting the landscape with a shifting matrix of shadow and blinding light. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 “I see it’s true what they say of the Great Library of Zosma,” Eril-Fane replied, shifting to Common Tongue as well. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He sorted through everything, shifting boxes and crates from one side of the room to the other. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 It had tried to get out and managed to get even more hopelessly stuck, shifting the boat in the process. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A murmur went up from the group, and even Cook and Mr. Henry looked surprised by the announcement, shifting uncomfortably. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The rain had passed, and the sun peeked from behind shifting clouds. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z All through the midnight hall people were juggling thin violet flames, shifting, changing, for nighttime was the time of change and affliction. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “To say the least,” Celaena murmured, watching the shifting colors of the fading sun turn the castle gold and red and blue. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 They are talking in hushed tones, their eyes shifting. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Under the blanket of winter white, the boulders and trees glimmered with golden threads of light, swirling and shifting with the passage of time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 Ahead, I could barely discern a square of light through the shifting smoke. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Unlike dirt, water seems alive, moving and shifting, always making lapping sounds against the boat and shore. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Håkon grabbed Ivan and pulled him away from the shifting stones, clearing the rubble just before the top of the pile crashed down. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Scoob holds it up to eye level, shifting his focus between the hotel in the picture and what’s right in front of him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Finally Helen, shifting her weight, asked, “Did you put your jacket on the sewing pile?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He could smell the horses in the dark, and could hear their shiftings and their soft stamping on the needle-covered ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z 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 The parasail whipped sideways in the wind and Dauntless heeled with the sudden shifting drag. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 His face was becoming more angular and the great blue eyes of his early years were darkened by shifting lights of gray and green. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Madame Hoo knew from the shifting eyes that a bad person was in the room. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, ma’am,” I said, shifting my weight. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “I hope so, Auntie,” said Neel, shifting his feet and watching for his friend. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I could feel their feeds shifting toward a common point, some kind of banner they were pulling up. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The lone cheetah paced back and forth, the muscles in his shoulders shifting with each step. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 He faced me, and shifting around on his feet, he said, “I want you to know that I—” He stopped and looked up into the tree- tops. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Our party became another shuffling unit in the shifting mass with every race on earth represented. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He still hates August beyond all expression, and although he doesn’t say anything I know exactly what he thinks of my shifting opinion. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The shifting of the floorboards in the night. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The beach stretched away before them in a gentle curve till perspective drew it into one with the forest; for the day was not advanced enough to be obscured by the shifting veils of mirage. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z 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 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 If you were close to her, you wondered if she was about to smile or was she merely shifting a straw from the baseline of her gums to her tongue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good evening, y’all,” Wanda said, and a few people muttered a response or waved to her, some shifting in the pews, and the rustling echoed loudly in the otherwise silent church. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Major Danby was swearing some more and still shifting his eyes about uneasily. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to keep you,” Hazel said, shifting. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It’s a long journey with a great deal of shouting, shifting and moving through rubble and broken streets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The marshes were bewildering and treacherous, and there was no permanent trail even for Rangers to find through their shifting quagmires. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 The people in the crowded audience, who though respectful had been shifting in their seats and whispering, quieted completely when Kira and Thomas entered and took their places. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That is death—shifting from “is” to “was.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Sea spray struck Reed’s cheek as he stood, testing the shifting sand with his toes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He feels Henry’s body shifting beneath his, opening up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The trail twists and turns back on itself, treacherous as the shifting dunes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Another shove brought the sound of shifting stone, and then the way was open. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 past-tense forms of can, will, and may are could, would, and might, and these are the forms to use in back- shifting: Amy can play the bassoon. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The Feeling was shifting inside me, and being touched while it was happening made it harder to interpret; interrupted its development somehow. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 He heard the man shifting boxes against the opposite wall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z 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 men were restless, grumbling, spitting, shifting their heavy equipment. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel the eyes of the clubs’ occupants shifting toward us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The wind was shifting, Davos could feel it, see it in the way the black canvas rippled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z These little, shifting farms look like unchanged remnants of the past. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Kids were talking, shifting around, and slowly making their way to the carpet. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 A shifting black mass hung low over Manhattan. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 She could work at the laundry from 6:30 a.m. until midnight, shifting a baby from an ironing table to a shelf between packages, to the display window, where the ghosts tapped on the glass. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Until a shifting breeze brought a scent that called him to instant alert. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Practically is not the same as totally,” James said, shifting from foot to foot as he eyed two men who had come into view on the far side of the station. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 “Uh,” I said, shifting in my chair with a movement that almost made me lose my balance, “maybe we should go.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This shifting front of rich ocean, about twenty-five miles wide, is the most fertile ecosystem in the world, supporting awesome numbers of fish, seabirds, seals, and whales. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z For a while, as the night breezes picked up, growing cooler, shifting, Shorty sat on Rael’s porch near his quiet horse, looking across the road at the Pilar Cafe. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoves the chest as far into a bunk corner as he can, then takes a preparation breath before shifting his curtain aside to climb down. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z His eyes, I notice, are a shifting hazel. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A hunter-gatherer mother who is shifting camp can carry only one child, along with her few possessions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Only the schedule is constantly shifting, derailed by our lack of a stamp from an official or delayed when Effie breaks one of her high heels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He spends the majority of the evening in the company of Celia Bowen, whose elaborate gown changes color, shifting through a rainbow of hues to complement whomever she is closest to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In the darkness of the room, the only noise was the rustle of the children shifting, staring. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Nice to meet you,” he said, shifting Boots over to his other hip. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The clock by the gates ticks off the minutes later and later, the ornaments upon it twirling and shifting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The plane’s shape darkens a shifting length of ground. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I plunged into the shifting maze of people. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 If you disturb the arrangement of a part of the Hill, hundreds of ants will set it vibrating, shifting, until it is put right again. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The difficulty of shifting so much established work clear across the country could not have been lost on someone whose habitual preference was to stay put. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She’d heard something, and now Reynie and the others heard it, too—down in the main passage, growing louder by the second, an electric whine, a shifting of gears.... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain said, his tone shifting to fondness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The shifting light catches and releases the brightness of his shirt, the grey of his hair, illuminating the disapproving glare on his face as he watches the Carousel over his daughter’s shoulder. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The sunlight came and went, depending on the shifting clouds. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There is a shifting in the room, a murmur, an escape of breath; despite ourselves we turn our heads, blatantly, to see better; our fingers itch to touch her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The currents shifting, as though something was swirling and swimming, creating eddies under the surface. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 Gus was quiet, shifting a toothpick from one side of his mouth to the other while he scanned the roadside and the parking lots and the woods as he drove. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z 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 It was the fog that appealed to those sailors because it lent the city the shifting, anonymous feeling of the sea, and in such anonymity personal change was that much easier. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The low clouds caught the color of the burning river and roofed the sky in shades of shifting green, eerily beautiful. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The burning gods cast a pretty light, wreathed in their robes of shifting flame, red and orange and yellow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The shifting angle of a perfectly balanced leg. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 Rashid shoved harder, shifting a bunch of boards and debris that were in the way. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The shifting torchlight made the steps seem to move beneath his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I 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 The horse had his back to him, a dark mass shifting in the straw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The oval is replaced with another one, with its own shifting colors. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He swallowed hard, his gaze shifting to where my hand was tucked under my coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The horse sidestepped nervously, feeling the awkward load shifting from side to side on its back. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Oh, what a fool he had been to build hope upon such shifting sand! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The men within the door stared at one another, shifting on their boots, twiddling their fingers, and holding onto their hip belts. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Claws, at least,” Jesper said, shifting his gaze to his own bony bare feet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A shimmering, shifting light cascades up through the surface of the water. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Out there,” she whispered, “things are always moving, always shifting. I hear them sometimes at night.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “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 Something squatted on a raffia mat, shifting uneasily in the almost nonexistent light. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I try to balance the skiff by shifting gear to the front and scrunching myself forward, but it don’t help much. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “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 "That doesn't matter now," she says, shifting from one old-lady shoe to the other and eyeing her reflection. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Their walk was catlike, a gait that seemed constantly on the edge of shifting into a crouch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Othello just stands there, shifting his weight from foot to foot. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z 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 I asked, shifting the sign to my other hand to give my right one a rest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I heard her shifting the receiver to her other hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 In the kaleidoscope of shifting conditions, what dose of a carcinogen can be “safe” except a zero dose? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 Legs and arm shifting, flowing into a lunge, his arm stretching, seemingly forever. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Freak is really excited, he's shifting around on my shoulders so much, I'm afraid he'll fall off. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 All were silent, and Pinmei squinted, for she could not see what person they were shifting for. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 Bronwyn had set down her trunk and I was standing on it now, head above the crowd, casting my eyes over a shifting sea of faces. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Through the shifting mists, she caught sight of other boats moving through the water, carrying the shapes of other Madmen, other Brides, a Mister Crimson, a Scarab Queen. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He kept shifting in his seat every time the coach put his hand on my leg or waist. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z 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 “I didn’t really think it would get so out of control,” he said, shifting to cross his other leg. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I push the ridiculous thought away as I head toward the café’s entrance, shifting my thoughts instead to the running checklist of tools in my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I don’t see a clown or a giraffe or a heart or even popcorn; they’re just gray shifting to darker gray and then back out to edges of white where the sky seems to disappear. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z G’ma’s is closed, though he can hear her shifting around behind it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She blinks blinks blinks before shifting her focus back to the poster on the closet door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I’m on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I try reason: “You’re forgetting wind, Dylan. Look, the smoke is shifting, getting darker.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There was an uneasy scraping and shifting of chairs on the dusty wooden floor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I gasp and cling to the rungs, my balance shifting. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They stood, solidly, uncomfortably, on the right of the chamber, shifting from foot to foot, scratching their cheeks and noses, as if they were shamed by the silent repose of their dead brothers. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 Lola’s fluttering about the garage—shifting, opening, plucking things from boxes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Despite herself, Dede had to admit she liked what she sensed, that the power was shifting in their marriage. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A warm breeze wafts through the open windows behind my parents, shifting the white cotton curtains. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 She tried to ignore the shifting shadows she saw ahead—various creatures ducking out of sight. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She clicks her helmet in place, the GoPro view shifting back to show the edge of the bridge and the long, long way down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He began striding up and down again, praying and prophesying, with his words sometimes shifting to an unknown, yet strangely powerful, tongue. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The shifting of the island grew worse as the fire crept closer. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The calm and curious look he had initially given me was shifting into anger and disgust. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It made a tiny sound, like something soft shifting from top to bottom. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 I close my eyes and feel him as a source of power, nebulous and shifting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She stood in front of him, bodies touching, her arms out, his hands around her waist They negotiated the turns without words, Tally shifting her weight gradually, waiting for David to follow her lead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Patch-Withers’ face had been shifting expressions and changing colors continuously, and now it settled into fixed surprise. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone else is shifting the gears for me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Thus, the top of the Richardson curve is shifting downward by an unknown amount. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 "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 I had barely begun to speak when I noticed Badenhorst shifting uncomfortably. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But while he had watched Matty, Kira, and the puppy enter Forest, he had been able to see, too, that Forest was shifting, moving, thickening, and preparing to destroy them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z We had fallen asleep with both twin beds pushed together—Cecile, Vonetta with her cast, Fern, and I. Somewhere in the shifting to get a better sleeping position I felt my mother’s absence. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The shadow on the ground, of Monkeyman’s body being offered up for a beating, was long and thin and disappeared into the shifting knot of people watching. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All the dogs were brought back on board, in case Dog Town was destroyed by the shifting ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z 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 “Pretty blond pigtails,” the guy said, shifting his head around to see me behind Charlie. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I could hear Sohrab in there, shifting in the tub, spilling water over the sides. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was no shifting, no clearing of throats, no coughing, and no restlessness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard the cow shifting her weight by the shed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 By shifting from side to side, I made my hammock swing me into sleep. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Those are the rules, but the ground is shifting. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There is nothing out there but the quiet shifting of sand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z As we descend, blue and green and purple and red lights dance over the walls, shifting between colors with each second. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The heavily scheduled middle- class child is exposed to a constantly shifting set of experiences. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 She looked around, shifting the basket to her other hand. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I asked, shifting out from under the sheets. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She doesn’t like Easter because the date keeps shifting and it’s not a big shopping holiday. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “You boys are stupid, ain’tcha?” one of them said, his big chaw shifting in his cheeks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Pulling his chariot were four horses made of wind, each constantly shifting from equine to human form, trying to break free. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Okay,” he said, his expression shifting, becoming more thoughtful. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 The method today has many refinements, but then it consisted of working the always shifting edges of the audiences that others had managed to draw. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She never quite warmed, kept shifting as cold drafts seized a foot or iced her knees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She did not answer, but with a frightened glance at her father turned her back on the room and continued shifting the pots on the shelf behind her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As the Wrights wrote Father, banking had always been a problem for earlier aeronauts who had tried to do that simply by shifting their weight around inside the aeroplane. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The shifting shadows made the stone figures seem to stir as the living passed by. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z An electric atmosphere excited the great, shifting masses of black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He twisted the bottom of his T-shirt, shifting nervously on his goat hooves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But just shifting her position that much put her at a different angle; now she could see the edge of a piece of paper sticking out of the top of Mom’s drawer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 “Trail this way,” he barks, shifting from foot to foot. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “What do you mean?” my mother asks, shifting around in her own plush chair. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z And Harry dived after Dumbledore through the shifting silver mass, landing in the very office he had just left. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 He rocked himself side to side trying to control his form, which was weakened one minute and strengthened the next, constantly shifting between beast and boy. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Once the door closes behind me, I hear a thud like a dead bolt shifting into place. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then, gradually, the glow fades, and I find myself suspended in midair, overlooking a vast expanse of blue ice and snow-covered glaciers, all shifting and cracking under their own weight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 Sunlight gleamed against the honey-house window, flickering now and then with a shifting cloud. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The fireplace is roaring with wood crackling, logs shifting and bursting with yellow-red flames. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Do you know what would happen if they saw us?” she whispered, shifting her stinging feet, the crushing of dry leaves seeming far too loud. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Piper asks, shifting her books to the other arm. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The shifting Santa Ana winds have made it unseasonably warm for March. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “It’s...um...great,” I said as Miles grabbed my leg and pulled it over his, shifting my weight off his rib cage. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “I don’t like thinking about it,” Simmon said, shifting uncomfortably in his chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z To anybody farther away than Finn, it would have looked like a man merely shifting positions. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The moon drifted in and out of sight behind the shifting clouds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z And I kept feeling that the ground was shifting beneath me and that I was going to fall over, even when I was sitting still. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Lily looked down at her lap, though her eyes were shifting back and forth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Black and white fireworks explode across my field of vision, a shifting, shimmering pattern that blanks out everything else. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” said Hazel, shifting a little. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 He heard the last shifting of the sticks in the fire as it died and turned to ash. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The song he was still playing, my song, drifted to an end, the final chords shifting to a more melancholy key. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But that year was also the year that kids in his grade had started shifting into separate categories, some willingly and others not so willingly. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Good,” he says, shifting his body, getting into the right position with his pillow. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It was like trying to grab something in a tank of water, with the light shifting the image away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 “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 Frank stood at the far end of the stadium, shooting flaming arrows at Nike’s chariot as the goddess bellowed insults and tried to find a path to him across the shifting network of trenches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 She sighed gently, shifting her body as Toby slowly pulled out of the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Amar, my initiation instructor, taught us that our fear landscapes were always in flux, shifting with our moods and changing with the little whispers of our nightmares. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 His shoulders shifting left and right, left and right, while his hind legs pushed his body upward. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z 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 They don’t look at all like the pictures of them I’ve carried around in my head for the past four months, shifting pictures in which only a few features stand out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Another deep sigh, another subtle shifting of weight, and then she takes a couple of steps backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 Tapping into his extra sense, he searched for the shifting points of gold glimmering just beyond the physical world. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His pale eyes keep shifting from George to the people around him and back. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 On the way home an old woman on the bus kept watching them, her eyes shifting from Mrs. Sen to Eliot to the blood- lined bag between their feet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 I didn’t move my eyes from it for the last lane, shifting my hands in front of one another in a tight rhythm. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She starts shifting her stuff around on the ground—lipstick, Kleenex, tampons, one of those circular thingies with the makeup in one half and a mirror in the other, a flask. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At length, though, the stand-in grew impatient and began shifting his weight from paw to paw. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, actually,” I tell him, shifting my weight from foot to foot. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z There was no sound of shifting armor, no muttering or cursing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They circled slowly, hemming him in; bars of light forming a prison, a wall between him and the rest of the world; bars weaving a shifting wall of light into which he dared not go. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “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 I’m pretty sure she keeps shifting her notebook away from me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 Cathy was shifting from one foot to another, chewing on her lower lip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “And it looks like it’s good for your ratings, too,” I say, shifting the topic. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 It's then that he remembers himself and retreats, a look of terror in his eyes, as though waking from a trance, his eyes shifting back and forth as he stares at me in fear. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I wander past the shelves, my attention shifting from table to table. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No, thank you,” the man in the grey suit says, shifting in his chair and resting his hands on the handle of his cane. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She started down the stairs, and I was close behind, shifting Fern to my other hip. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 Time after time, Kendra reacted quickly, shifting her weight to spoil their attempts to flip her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “We need to have a Gathering,” Thomas said, shifting his legs to get more comfortable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 She pressed her eye to the spy hole, shifting around to capture the entire view. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z All the other parents are shifting in their seats and checking their phones. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Tidbit stood silently, shifting from foot to foot, looking very uncomfortable. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Travis licked his lips, shifting his weight between the balls of his feet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I open my eyes and see a panoply of shifting color and forms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Finally, he eased forward, delicately shifting his weight. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I was busy enough shifting into my new role at city hall, which entailed going to more zoning board meetings and fewer senior citizen picnics than my previous job had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 He was shifting around, clearly trying to find a way to take the pressure off his neck. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The tiny creature continued sucking its paw, shifting from foot to foot, its bushy tail curled up over the small back, higher than the tips of its ears. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Well, come on, Your Highness,” Alex says, shifting his weight to give Henry a last tease before he stands. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The light from a flickering lamp behind the captain casts his shadow across the table—a shifting blob, that almost, but not quite, mimics his actions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There is the sound of a man shifting in his seat. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Gabe, watching intently, found his own bare feet shifting in the dirt; he panted, imitating the wrestlers. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I remember his eyes shifting to the ceiling, to the corner. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 It makes a rustling noise coming down through the branches, like the shifting and whispering of people in a crowded room who know they must be quiet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Shoving things back in our bags and shifting them around and zipping up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z As he stood, his robes shimmered, the purple shifting until it was the same deep blue of his jasper scepter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They had come in so recently from the plains and the hills that it was necessary that they make their shifting in values gradually. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 “The rules keep shifting about who can get in and who can’t.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 Sullen and unheeding, Argaven stared at the fire, shifting from foot to foot. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I waited, shifting my weight from one foot to the other, fixed in her stare. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Each hamlet was involved in a kaleidoscopically changing pattern of war and shifting alliances with all neighboring hamlets, regardless of whether the neighbors were Foré or speakers of a different language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We certainly would not have certified a Viking landing site as safe if orbital photographs had shown such shifting patterns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Both nights, I lay there, watching the eyes of the shifting wolves glow like live mesquite coals in the firelight, and listening to the weak moaning bawl of old Spot still traveling in a circle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 His shifting weight made the boat rock a little. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But then I notice that the brightly colored mural behind Hideo is moving, as if the painting were alive, the colors swirling and shifting in a spectacular display. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 Cas stepped backwards into the doorway, shifting so Z couldn’t grab her bag. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I felt weird,” said Ron, shifting his shoulders uncomfortably. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She bounced her knees, shifting the big child upwards on her hip. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried shifting her thoughts to the journey they would begin that afternoon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Their beams pierce the dark, illuminating the interior of our car in shifting strobes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Again, save for the shifting feet of the men, there was a silence. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Zero walks closer to me, his muscles shifting underneath the black armor, until we are separated by a mere foot. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mobile bands of hunter-gatherers are relatively egalitarian, and their political sphere is confined to the band’s own territory and to shifting alliances with neighboring bands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 I stop and adjust my backpack, shifting the weight of an old clunker of a laptop. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Atticus sent her to a women’s college in Georgia; when she finished he said it was high time she started shifting for herself and why didn’t she go to New York or somewhere. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As the current swept the Shy Maid beneath the bridge, their shifting shadows danced upon the mossy walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z By then, Morrison had recanted his confession, shifting his allegiance yet again in the hope of securing compensation from Hale. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Vajra flew into her hand, shifting between knife and sword and arrow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He wondered what kind of creatures lurked under the shifting water. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Grandpa and Grandma Lustig were there, weeping, their faces shifting like wax, shimmering as all things shimmer on a hot day. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I fiddled with my radio until I found a report that an early tropical storm was shifting north from Cuba and might hit the keys with hurricane force winds by nightfall. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z 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 he blinked, and the entire greenhouse began to glimmer with golden threads of light, swirling and shifting and moving with the slow growth of the trees, the upward inching of flowers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I’m asking the questions,” said Scrimgeour, shifting his chair a little closer to the sofa. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z 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 The shifting lamplight limned their stony scales, and shimmering motes of jade and scarlet and gold swam in the air around them, like courtiers around a king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I don’t... dislike you, sir,” I say, shifting in my flats. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I sensed Faith shifting around beside me and I could see how white her knuckles were against the black steering wheel, but I didn’t look any further. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He looked back at me and smiled, his mood shifting yet again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Then, before I’m close enough to get a good look, she moves, shifting slightly beneath the covers. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The room was reeling up and down, the ground shifting beneath her feet. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “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 covered well, spouting a pleasantry before shifting into Common Tongue to say, “This is a day such as dreams are made of. I never thought to set eyes on a Tizerkane warrior.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 “But Majesty,” began one of the warriors, shifting uneasily, “we caught them...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 I kept shifting in my seat, untying and retying my shoelaces. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “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 They slide themselves out of his hair and down to the hard, shifting muscles of his back. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But it’s fixed in space, not shifting when I move. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s the sound of a hissing exhale, weight shifting. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The reptilian calculations in those cold and shifting eyes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 I can see the feeling shifting the skin on his face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 Shay danced, shifting her weight back and forth on the floating board, dodging imaginary obstacles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I hear people moving and shifting, and some babies babbling and their mothers shushing them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 As her fingers tightened on her scabbard, he could see the scars and nicks on her skin shifting over her tendons. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe just us three,” Nick says, carefully, eyes shifting downward. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z 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 She moved with quick, delicate motions like a bird or a dancer, shifting from foot to foot in a silent, complicated shuffle, as if she were practicing choreography. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The Captain of the Guard opened the doors reluctantly, the strong muscles of his back shifting as he pushed hard against the worn oak. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 |
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