Barney McQuillan was the master-shoe-maker in our town who was best able to readjust himself to changed conditions.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
Every Briton happily believes that it is better to readjust the institutions of a country slowly, than to pull them down and build anew; and there being no line between the institutions that are fundamental, and those that are not, a fragment of the veneration for the British Constitution attaches to every statute; and, indeed, to custom also.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
She was endeavouring to readjust her perspective.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer