Sentence examples for shifted smoothly from inspiring English sources

Kiwanuka shifted smoothly back.

Professor McConnell shifted smoothly into the forgive-me-senator-for-I-may-have-spoken-rashly mode.

The test car had a five-speed automatic that shifted smoothly on the road, but was a bit jerky from a rolling stop.

But Mazda's four-speed "manumatic" transmission shifted smoothly, and its manual shift gate let the hot-rodders in the group have fun on the twists of Ohio Route 60, then carom onto a hilly gravel road.

Ever since "Lolita," we have realized that one of the pleasures of the child-seeker is not merely to play games with the victim but to pretend that the victim is complicit in that game, or even pulling the strings; thus is the burden of guilt shifted smoothly away from the raptor.

(Sondheim's two volumes are probably closest in spirit to Gershwin's "Lyrics on Several Occasions," whose endless subtitle promised "informative annotations and disquisitions"; Gershwin, like Sondheim, shifted smoothly from crass practicalities like theatrical deadlines to the lyricist's timeless art of testing syllable against syllable).

The focus of "Five Days" shifts smoothly from family members to reporters and police investigators without ever declaring a favorite.

The gearbox shifts smoothly, although sixth gear is an ultra high overdrive that is truly useful only above 80 m.p.h.

Mr. Leslie shifts smoothly from croon to patter, but he hasn't yet established a rap style strong enough to claim as his own.

It rolls fine, it shifts smoothly, but it is incredibly heavy so to go uphill, you feel like you are dragging a great weight".

If Mr. Sandler hopes to shift smoothly into more mature roles (as indicated by last year's "Reign Over Me"), he needs directors who understand his uncommon gifts.