- present participle of shake.
shaking
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Seismometers nearest the epicentre registered shaking lasting between 90 seconds and two minutes.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"It was just horrible, it was horrendous. Terrifying. I was shaking so badly," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
So the company is shaking up its U.S. leadership, tapping an international veteran to run its domestic market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
But "the lack of key lifelines -- water, power" has hit locals hard, said Hiroyuki Matsushima, 53, who works at a supermarket in Yatsushiro, one of the districts where shaking was strongest.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
My shaking hands can barely hold the phone.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Nothing fell to the floor or broke, but it reminded him of the January shakings and made him worry that a big quake like that occurred even five months later.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
The first shakings came in 1972, when the players went on strike over their pension fund; the season lost 86 games out of a total of more than 160.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012
In the 1960s, scientists set up seismometers across the world, allowing them to measure and record the slightest shakings almost anywhere.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2011
Even more unnerving, because they are less well understood and capable of occurring anywhere at any time, are the rarer type of shakings known as intraplate quakes.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
He shook his head, quick vision-clearing shakings and established himself in the world once more.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
