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Explore Shifties through 2 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Shifties in a sentence

Using Shifties

  • In the example corpus, shifties often appears in combinations such as: the shifties.

Context around Shifties

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

dug 1×

Sentence patterns with Shifties

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

after the shifties 1× collective the shifties dug in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

my bandmates and 1× the well known 1×

Common sentence endings:

after the shifties 1× made our case 1×

Words around Shifties

Just before it in the word index:

shifters 40 shifter 48 shifted 1.810 shifta 4 shift 5.216 shifrin 2

Just after it in the word index:

shifting 1.408 shiftless 5 shiftrows 3 shifts 1.454 shifty 39 shifu 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Shifties

  • In this selection, "shifties" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, dug stand out and add context to how "shifties" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after the shifties and collective the shifties dug in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shifties" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shifties

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The well-known student band — made up of junior Daniel Griffin, Finster, junior Brendan Raimann, King, junior Tom Garvey and junior Sophia Henn — hit the stage after The Shifties. (29 words)

My bandmates and I — fall 2019’s particular variation of amorphous indie rock collective The Shifties — dug in. Over a series of sweaty, crowded but unimpeachably sincere subcultural gathering we made our case. (33 words)

Longer example sentences

My bandmates and I — fall 2019’s particular variation of amorphous indie rock collective The Shifties — dug in. Over a series of sweaty, crowded but unimpeachably sincere subcultural gathering we made our case. (33 words)

The well-known student band — made up of junior Daniel Griffin, Finster, junior Brendan Raimann, King, junior Tom Garvey and junior Sophia Henn — hit the stage after The Shifties. (29 words)

Example sentences (2)

My bandmates and I — fall 2019’s particular variation of amorphous indie rock collective The Shifties — dug in. Over a series of sweaty, crowded but unimpeachably sincere subcultural gathering we made our case.

The well-known student band — made up of junior Daniel Griffin, Finster, junior Brendan Raimann, King, junior Tom Garvey and junior Sophia Henn — hit the stage after The Shifties.

Common combinations with shifties

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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