shifted
Example Sentences
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DeBoer has historically utilized smaller, shiftier backs with an ability to catch the ball out of the backfield.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022
Moss’ physical straight-ahead running style is expected to complement starting running back Devin Singletary’s shiftier approach.
From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2020
“Myles is a little shiftier, a little more wait, wait, patient. Lavon is more of a downhill, find a crease and hit it hard. That’s when I think that he’s at his best.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2016
If an opponent uses a shiftier player who can put the ball on the floor at power forward, Humphries and Gooden must leave their comfort zones and guard him on the perimeter.
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2015
Their shiftier shapes might have held a message that in my new happiness and with a little bit of time I’d soon decipher.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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