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

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

From Barks and Purrs by Colette

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

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)

"Then you agree?" queried the other, all ashake.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood