Particularly in long psalms, changes of chant may be used to signal thematic shifts in the words.

We discussed the day's shooting and the thematic shifts between my novel and his film.

Williams is preaching a thematic shift, from offense to defense, but Wilkens tried that, too.

When the banda contingent moved in, there was a noticable thematic shift.

This thematic shift is accompanied by a striking formal change in Mr. Golub's work.

The thematic shift from mainly religious texts to writings with secular outlooks further enhanced and enriched the vocabulary.

He nevertheless felt the thematic shifts lacked coherence and atmosphere.

It was a stylistic and thematic shift away from Blurring the Edges.

However, midway through the first season, the writers made a thematic shift from science-fiction to more comedy and adventure.

The seeds of this thematic shift can perhaps be traced to A Little Love Story.