ashake

Example Sentences

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On both sides of the Atlantic, thriller-dealers were set ashake by a rather small boo from Msgr.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blacky was all ashake again, but this time it wasn't with fear of being caught away from home in the dark; it was with excitement.

From Blacky the Crow by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)

Crowns are ashake, The princes and the Kings are bending low, And, round the world, Before the blast of Freedom, thrones are hurled: The People are awake!

From Rebel Verses by Gilbert, Bernard

Nance, all ashake with disgust, stooped suddenly and picked up a lump of rock.

From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John

The horse "with long mane ashake; hoofs, heavy with tumult; eyes, glimmering white."

From Barks and Purrs by Colette