Sentence examples for shift inspired from inspiring English sources

Once the enforcer of communist orthodoxy, the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev became a spur to change: that shift inspired democrats and sapped their persecutors.

This shift, inspired largely by Duchamp, was actually old news by 1961; it is evident a decade earlier in one of Mr. Rauschenberg's multipanel "black paintings".

The results included a gorgeous cream sheer silk shift inspired by the Northern Lights, with little flecks of blue dye standing in as, presumably, the Aurora Borealis.

This involved managing the emotions that getting through your first and second shift inspired – the intense feelings of guilt and resentment that women began to feel as they realised that "having it all" often just meant "doing everything".

The modern no-washing (or "no-poo") movement is based on the same principle, and is not to be confused with the co-washing movement (a significant and increasingly mainstream shift, inspired by an Afro-Caribbean practice, towards washing hair frequently in conditioner instead of with detergent-based shampoos).

This nationalistic shift inspired the former punk musician, who found solace in the city's isolated electronic scene while drawing on Western influences.

Through the 1960s, Saint Laurent did modern - safari and sailor jackets, the female tux with cummerbund he called "le smoking", short shifts inspired by Mondrian and Andy Warhol, trad craft with pop pizzazz - for the bourgeoise.

At the same time, the infusion of Hellenistic thought into Islamic society coincided with and complimented a quickening of efforts in the scientific and mathematical realms that would later enable the global shifts inspired by the Italian Renaissance.

The mission statement of the exhibit – to influence that "mind shift" – has inspired the collected talents to take radical steps in opening our doors of perception, forcing us to view the world in new, unusual and sometimes erotic ways.

That shift has inspired a number of startups to focus on the medium, in an effort to carve out a niche in YouTube's shadow.

While few can understand just how ridiculous it is to incessantly plan the future without pursuing your dreams today, the patients charged with my care each shift have inspired me to open up to the universe; paint my passions tirelessly; and quite frankly, give a damn where once was none.