Examples of 'shifting sands' in a sentence

Meaning of "shifting sands"

shifting sands - This phrase is often used to describe a situation that is constantly changing or unstable, making it difficult to predict outcomes

How to use "shifting sands" in a sentence

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shifting sands
The plants stabilize the shifting sands.
The shifting sands are searingly hot.
All other foundations are shifting sands.
And on these shifting sands he builds his thesis.
Eventually it disappeared back under the shifting sands.
Eventually a house built on shifting sands is going to fall down.
The shifting sands of economic foundations.
The house was like shifting sands.
The shifting sands of democracy.
Do not be afraid of the shifting sands.
They are tired of the shifting sands of relativism and of uncertainty.
But he finally got down under the shifting sands.
The shifting sands of distribution.
I can cross the shifting sands.
We live on shifting sands where all the signposts point in a disparate array.

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The fads of the world are as unsteady as the shifting sands.
These are shifting sands.
The other classic issue is the question about the shifting sands.
Just shifting sands.
My love for you was not built on shifting sands.
Now on shifting sands.
To start anywhere else is to build a model on the shifting sands of belief.
The constantly shifting sands have always been a significant risk to shipping in the area.
It is too soon to definitely assess the shifting sands we are standing on.
Talking about the collaborative world these days is as dangerous as walking on shifting sands.
Credulity is often built on the shifting sands of emotion and superstition.
These shifting sands of the cyberthreat landscape represent a growing challenge for security defenders.
It also occurs in plants that colonise areas of shifting sands such as sand dunes.
I felt more like the shifting sands than the sturdy rocks defying the wild waves.
His pioneering work saved many villages from being buried under the shifting sands.
Its height helps it survive the shifting sands and stay above the dunes.
The shifting sands and the extreme climate mean that these precious water sources can disappear.
Here are some comments from local bloggers on the shifting sands of public environmental policy.
Understanding these shifting sands are important for creating a social media campaign that hits the mark.
Physiographic overview of the research territory Tukulans are a type of shifting sands.
The shifting sands in the political scenery of Venezuela.
He was actually observing dust storms and shifting sands on the surface of Mars.
The Sandharrowed are embodied with the merciless grace and power of the shifting sands.
Neither can he have meant that America stands on shifting sands politically or diplomatically.
The shifting sands of the Sahara.
Any more than I am much good at building my life on shifting sands.
Today Maranjab and the surrounding Shifting Sands is a popular destination at the weekends for safaris.
Quotations by focus group participants are from the Shifting Sands report.
In conclusion, the shifting sands are revealing an international system on the brink of change.
No one knows this better than the six men of Shifting Sands Ranch.
The closing panel focused on the shifting sands of Europe 's financial hub post-Brexit.
These objects are drawn from an internal landscape, of shifting sands.
They typically feature extensive areas of shifting sands or sands semi-fixed by the Siberian dwarf-pine.
It's made of rocks and stone and like the shifting sands.
The War of the Shifting Sands continued for long, agonizing months.

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As many as the sands upon the shore
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Examples of using Shifting
Before shifting the laser line or performing
I keep drawing these shifting demand curves
Shifting to the new approach will be tricky
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