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)

But the smith's boldness and independence were gone; he was ashake with fear.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

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

From Barks and Purrs by Colette

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

From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John