Sentence examples for word shift from inspiring English sources

The word "Shift," however, still continues to appear in ads.

Her next telegraph was different: "Audience broke up in disorder at the word shift".

In 1907, during the play's second performance at the Abbey, the use of the word shift (to refer to a girl's undergarment) provoked a riot; subsequent performances were plagued by protests and disorder.

In 1907 audiences at Ireland's fledgling national theater, the Abbey, rioted at the premiere of "Playboy" after hearing -- as legend has it -- the word shift, referring to women's undergarments.

The word "shift", he pointed out, had been used without offence in Love Songs of Connacht, a best-selling collection edited by – of all people – the president of the Gaelic League.

Similar scenes are unlikely to occur this year; Dublin audiences are no longer offended by either a mention of the word "shift" (referring to a woman's undergarment) or the depiction on stage of a prostitute.

Is there a misunderstanding of the word "feminist," or has the interpretation of the word shifted?

Now, words shift in complicated ways.

Rather, the meaning of such words shift, depending on whether the person being described is male or female, white or African-American, or belongs to another group that is often stereotyped.

It works passably on little devices like Pocket PCs, because the words shift to fill the tiny screens.

In other words, shift from a "past savings" system, to a "future savings" system.