Sentence examples for attempted to shift from inspiring English sources

"He attempted to shift into neutral and stopped the car.

Downing Street also attempted to shift the argument back to Labour.

On Sunday, however, Boehner attempted to shift the blame, insisting there were not enough votes in the House.

Sunday's protest attempted to shift blame for the memorial closures, one of the most politically sensitive, on to the White House.

The new version, which was unsolicited, attempted to shift the goal posts by making changes to the manuscript to address the critical reply.

Clinton attempted to shift some of the responsibility for weakened security to Congress by saying it consistently failed to provide the funds requested by the state department.

Butler attempts to shift his face from its CUSTOMARY SNEER into something approaching SYMPATHETIC.

This was a time when the film industry was attempting to shift gear.

The rival gangs attempt to SHIFT past each other and into the palace gardens.

"This report fits Enron's established pattern of the last several months of attempting to shift blame to others".

Clinton was attempting to shift the focus to the economy on Thursday with a speech in Detroit.