shook
Example Sentences
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“Without you guys and this past year . . .” She shook her head before looking away again.
From Literature
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Her father shook his head, still humming with laughter.
From Literature
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In the Iranian capital Tehran, two blasts shook the city early Sunday, according to an AFP journalist, although it was not clear what was targeted.
From Barron's
He looked thinner than in his prior court appearance, but grinned enthusiastically as he shook his lawyers’ hands.
Fifty years ago, the U.S. was hit by a perfect storm of negative events that shook the nation’s economic foundations to the core.
From MarketWatch
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