What is "shiftings"

Usage examples of "shiftings".

And the driver's mouth kept going up and down, stuff spilling from that unquenchable hole, but the hitcher's antennae were down again, withdrawn into insularities of silence moving across his mind inscrutable as clouds, subtle shiftings that hinted at yet another twist to the kaleidoscope of personality, an intimation he surrendered wholly to, weak as an addict.

She was amused and educated by the pairings, the shiftings and realignments that occurred during this period.

Their shiftings were like the transformations one sees within a kaleidoscope.

Such a theory might account for their disappearance, and reappearance, shiftings of the flows that changed the light producing points of contact.

When his first round of the startled faces produced no other responses than nervous throat clearings and foot shiftings, he fixed his audience with a look that dared them to volunteer.

The silence lengthened, broken only by the shiftings and muffled squeals of the piglets, and an occasional digestive rumbling from Magdalen.

For two weeks longer there were still occasional shiftings of the time paths.