Sentence examples for splendid shift from inspiring English sources
A far cry from isolation, but a splendid shift, nonetheless.
Nina Stemme, best known for her splendid Wagnerian portrayals, shifts to Minnie with ease.
And it will get there in second gear, which is also a splendid feat, as you can shift this car into second almost from a standstill and just let that big turbo boost pull the car right up to redline.
In this emotional order death is only the night shift, and that's a splendid thought.
Despite its moderato tempo marking, the cool, stern first movement has restless energy and startling shifts of harmony, conveyed with articulate grace in this splendid performance.
The minutes contract and dilate, like wary eyes in shifting light, amid the time-bending silence that pervades the splendid revival of R. C. Sherriff's "Journey's End," which opened last night at the Belasco Theater.
The Afghan government said it was going ahead with what President Hamid Karzai's office had characterized as a "splendid" transfer ceremony scheduled for Monday at Bagram Air Base, where the Parwan prison is, to mark the shift in detention operations.
We don't need roots now: they make plants of us, splendid, yes, but bound to the ground, and nowadays everything is more mobile than ever, shifting quickly from one shape to the next.
