shifting

IPA: ʃˈɪftɪŋ

A shift or change; a shifting movement.
(linguistics) The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.

Examples of "shifting" in Sentences

He straightened up as they entered, his expression shifting from tired to surprised to wary.
Having shaken hands with Roger, he turned to us, his expression shifting to one of slight puzzlement.
But our government is deciding to do what they call shifting $230 million to repair the Pakistan fighter jets!
The economy started to grow, though it had not yet completed all the adjustments in shifting from a wartime to a peacetime economy.
Except it looked to me like he was watching something, his own collapsing infrastructure perhaps, his expression shifting between blankness and surprise.
A White House spokesman saying it's still unclear what the Senate will actually consider citing what he calls shifting sands in the Democrats position on Iraq.
The debate flared again last summer after a torrent of neighborhood complaints, and a decision by bank ING Groep N.V. to end its sponsorship because of what it called "shifting priorities."