Sentence examples for traditions shift from inspiring English sources

For better or worse, traditions shift and dissipate; they're worn away by political and societal changes, they're replaced by a more self-conscious composition of influences and a more self-willed construction of identity.

Over the centuries, traditions shifted.

But as the cost of gold has shot up, brides are altering the tradition, shifting to semi-precious and gold-plated jewelry, Ms. Duggal said.

But a late-morning start for the Indy 500 is a tradition; shifting to prime time would be akin to moving Christmas ahead a week.

When that happens, over time, attitudes and traditions can shift.

Time-honored Hollywood traditions are shifting in this environment, perhaps none as much as the make-up gift.

In the Zen tradition, the shift from focusing on the foreground of experience to resting in pure being is called "the backward step".

In a city that embraces change as its primary tradition, the shifting population base of New York remains its most dramatic story.

It ought to be instructive, because the Soviet experience ("an increasingly senseless conflict") closely mirrors our own — a lightly contested invasion later thwarted by a homegrown resistance and the "Afghan tradition of shifting allegiances".

In places like Sri Lanka, South Africa and other countries where Room to Read works, many children come from largely oral storytelling traditions and the shift to the written word is a difficult transition.

Helped in part by French and English literary influences, Arabic poetry broke from classical tradition, a profound shift that also had its roots in efforts by nations across the Middle East to gain independence.