shaking

Example Sentences

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"I saw those first warm words... and my eyes filled with tears. I was shaking and my friend put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'That means you're still a human being.'"

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

It started with a scary earthquake near Reno, then more unsettling shaking near Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The first documented quake-related death in Nevada occurred during one of the two powerful Ridgecrest quakes in early July 2019, which also sent shaking across a swath of Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Powered by gains in Nvidia and Google parent Alphabet, the stock market in April logged its best month since 2020, shaking off declines in the first quarter when the war in Iran started.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Gingersnipes had a snake in her teeth, shaking it like a wet rope.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman