Sentence examples for shift subjects from inspiring English sources

I went on to say that his point seemed valid, and so I would shift subjects.

If a group conversation revolves around funny lunchroom stories from elementary school, it won't signal good listening if you suddenly shift subjects and talk about how excited you are to study abroad or the whaling story you just heard on NPR.

If you've been talking about your horse for twenty minutes and you see the guy shifting on his feet, checking his phone, or looking around for a friend who can give him a save, then you can shift subjects by asking him a question instead.

Vanbrugh's The Relapse is less sentimental and more analytical than Love's Last Shift, subjecting both the reformed husband and the virtuous wife to fresh temptations, and having them react with more psychological realism.

Mr Obama himself implied as much by shifting subjects halfway through his address from the two wars to the state of the economy.

We quickly shifted subjects to the success of the Games, and Adams could not hold back his excitement about how these Games showed the profitability of Paralympic sports.

In regard to work shifts, subjects' satisfaction with the morning, evening and night shifts were 62.4%, 64.3% and 63.3%, respectively.

On the day shifts subjects slept at night.

We found that on the night shifts, subjects responded more slowly and less accurately than they did on day shifts even though they searched faster they spent less time attending to each item.

The reduction in harmful and dependent drinking shifted subjects into the hazardous drinking strata (increased risk of harmful consequences for the drinker without having yet caused any alcohol-related harm) when compared with both baseline and the control village.

The variable indicating presentation on an intense shift was constructed as a dichotomous variable indicating presentation on one of the 25% of shifts subject to most visits (adjusted for shift type and unit).