shaking

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The sect is known as the Shaking Quakers, for their combination of a Quakerish faith in the individual spiritual experience and a worship style characterized by a feral sort of dancing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Shaking can break open new rock surfaces, force out fluids that were previously sealed away, and redirect the flow of water through the subsurface.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2025

Shaking hands with kitchen workers, Kennedy waded through the Wilshire Boulevard hotel in the first minutes of June 5, headed to the Colonial Room to talk to reporters.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

Shaking off their discomfort, they rise out of their seats and start making an almighty racket.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025

Shaking with cold like the rest of us.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein