SHAKE in a Sentence
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302 example sentences for SHAKE, such as:
1. He offered a limp hand to shake.
2. She put out her hand to shake mine.
3. Turn the jar upside down and shake it.
4. She could only shake and look up into his face.
5. Papa dismissed the idea with a shake of his head.
2. She put out her hand to shake mine.
3. Turn the jar upside down and shake it.
4. She could only shake and look up into his face.
5. Papa dismissed the idea with a shake of his head.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SHAKE
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shake
n. causing to move repeatedly from side to side
n. grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "Now then, go 'long," he said, with a shake of the reins that sent the sorrel placidly jogging down the hill.'
2 Still she said nothing, wishing that it was permissible to shake one's father and tell him to hush his mouth.
3 She could only shake and look up into his face.
4 All the girls who haven't already taken booths have more excuses than you could shake a stick at.
5 Scarlett stared at her and had an impulse to shake her.
6 Scarlett began to shake and her eyes burned with tears of fright.
7 The upstairs hall seemed to shake as Mammy's ponderous weight came toward the door.
8 Scarlett had been restraining her appetite for hours, waiting for the return of the others and the thought of the Yankee eating their meager meal made her shake with anger.
9 She slipped it into place with a hand that did not shake.
10 They leaned over the fence rail to shake hands with Scarlett when she called and they laughed at her rickety wagon, their black eyes bitter, for they were laughing at themselves as well as her.
11 I'll think of it later, and she pushed the unwelcome idea into the back of her mind lest it shake her resolution.
12 She could not breathe; he was choking her; her stays were like a swiftly compressing band of iron; his arms about her made her shake with helpless hate and fury.
13 Scarlett felt, rather than saw, the black chin begin to shake with hurt pride, and a killing rage swept over her.
14 Peter's criticism hurt worse than anything Frank or Aunt Pitty or the neighbors had said and it so annoyed her she longed to shake the old darky until his toothless gums clapped together.
15 And the old gentleman would just look at her sort of puzzled-like and shake his head.
Example Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1 I caught him a lap later, and although I could pass him I could not shake him off.
2 This discovery may shake traditional theories on how mountains are formed.
3 Turn the jar upside down and shake it.
4 We can't shake down the whole building, - only the suspect's apartment.
5 He drove through the red lights in an attempt to shake off the police car that was chasing him.
6 A financial scandal would shake the Institute's standing in the international academic community.
7 These countries are trying to shake off the stultifying effects of several decades of state control.
8 She put out her hand to shake mine.
9 Papa dismissed the idea with a shake of his head.
10 Outside investment has helped Sheridan to shake off its image as a depressed industrial town.
11 Wait a minute, I want to shake some of this water out of my boots.
12 Give the new arrangements time to shake down - I'm sure they'll be OK.
13 The government wanted to reform the institutions, to shake up the country.
14 He stamped his feet to shake off the snow from his boots.
15 He offered a limp hand to shake.