shaker

Example Sentences

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"So he was a real mover and shaker of the movement".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

A seed shaker swaps the bouquet for something that actually grows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Jerry Jones, the NFL’s premier mover and shaker, sprinkled table salt onto the rim of his beer can in his makeshift office at Dallas Cowboys training camp in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

He held up a shaker filled with salt and spices and pointed out the little holes on the shaker’s cover.

From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025

John, his pale cheeks flushed with the heat, managed the long shaker with a practiced hand.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare