Sentence examples for houses shift from inspiring English sources

The interiors of both houses shift from modern (low ceilings, spot lighting) to traditional (high, wood-beamed ceilings, walls made of local stone).

But when the people at the top build bigger, their bigger houses shift the frame of reference for people who are near them in the income distribution; people who have a lot of money, but not quite at the top.

These experts also fail to address why condo prices have dropped even more in the major California markets than single-family home prices; the percentage of starts that come from single-family houses shifts from year to year, but last year's number tracks around the same level as seen in the 1980s.

Experts say that housing shift has multiplied the danger that fires could kindle similar disasters elsewhere.

Her road was drifted shut, and all night she lay awake listening to the house shift and creak under the weight of the snow.

Patients living in poverty also face other structural and material constraints such as low health literacy, poor quality housing, shift work, stress, inability to access healthy food etc., that affect their ability to adhere to medication regimens [ 37, 68, 70, 89, 119].

It might even be time for a house shift.

With passage of the House bill virtually assured, debate over how best to address the downturn in housing shifts back to the Senate, where Democrats drafting a similar plan are struggling to overcome the reservations, if not outright opposition, of a more robust Republican minority.

With these losses, his relationship to his childhood house shifted.

He has rebuilt the house, shifted walls, introduced new elements of mystery.

The emotional heart of "February House" shifts with its scenes and moods, but it often seems to reside in the McCullers character.