- First Joe led.
-  then we switched.
-  Grimm showed how the consonants shifted.
-  He shifted in his seat.
-  he studied the faulting of the earth's crust.
-  his constant shifting disrupted the class.
-  his switch on abortion cost him the election.
-  His tone shifted.
-  She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case.
-  She switched psychiatrists.
-  shift one's attention.
-  Shift one's position.
-  shift the date for our class reunion.
-  shift the emphasis.
-  switch to a different brand of beer.
-  The car changed lanes.
-  The ship careened out of control.
-  The ship suddenly lurched to the left.
-  they built it right over a geological fault.
-  transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket.
-  you have to shift when you go down a steep hill.