Sentence examples for attempts to shift from inspiring English sources

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

Instead of accepting responsibility, however, they fell over each other in attempts to shift the blame.

"Among the black community at large, some express concern at Farrakhan's attempts to shift the direction of the movement.

For all McCain's attempts to shift rightward, the conservative base never "embraced" him, as LaHood put it.

Analysts said Benedict's personnel decisions, meanwhile, appeared to reflect his own attempts to shift the power in the Vatican.

Revelations about tampering with police statements and attempts to shift the blame for the disaster reopened raw wounds.

Retail sales, an important indicator of China's attempts to shift away from reliance on exports, rose 11.9% in December from a year earlier, above analysts' predictions of 11.7%.

That is not a subject without its interests, but Halperin's attempts to shift Crawford into the centre of what gay culture means and meant is plain old weird.

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

The attempt to "shift the narrative" from conciliation to something more insistent stalled.

However, Manning insists it is not an attempt to shift responsibility from professionals to individuals.