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Example sentences for "shakes"

Lexicographically close words:
shake; shaked; shakedown; shakeh; shaken; shaketh; shakey; shakily; shakin; shakiness
  1. The voice of Jehovah shakes the desert, Jehovah shakes the Kadesh desert.

  2. The cry is a poor, thin, solitary voice, unheard on earth, though shrill enough to rise to heaven; the answer shakes creation.

  3. He shakes us cordial by the hand, thanks us for bein' prompt, and tows us into his private office.

  4. I was gettin' warm in the neck by the minute too, and in three more shakes I'd been cuttin' loose with the acid remarks, when the door opens and in blows J.

  5. Why, he acts almost human as he shakes hands!

  6. She just gazes at me brassy and shakes her head.

  7. Hubbs shakes his head and starts pacin' up and down in front of the window.

  8. Lindy puts her hand over her mouth and shakes her head.

  9. Mabel just shakes off his hand and continues her chest gymnastics.

  10. He just scowls at me and shakes his head, as much as to say: "There, you see!

  11. He chuckles good-natured and shakes his head.

  12. Alvin jumps up and shakes him hearty by the mitt.

  13. You say that champagne never intoxicates; that it only exhilarates, makes the conversation fluent, shakes up the humor, and has no bad effect except a headache next day.

  14. Nature grows old, and shakes in her decaying limbs,--creation has become bankrupt!

  15. I thought it might be the Pope; but Gottfried shakes his head, and says, "No good thing can begin at Rome.

  16. The houses are built only one story high, because of earthquakes which are frequent in Japan, caused, as the people believe, by a huge fish which lies under the island, and that shakes it whenever he tosses his head or lashes his tail.

  17. They kneel at the door to go in; she shakes her coats over them.

  18. Surely the mind of some distemper shakes His soul into this looseness.

  19. And oaks are stripped and bare, and smoke with lightning: And clouds are blown and torn upon high forests, And the great sea shakes its walls.

  20. A sparrow whirs to the eaves, and shakes his wings.

  21. The pendulum on the wall Shakes down seconds .

  22. Still the mere routinists and unthinking artisans in most callings dislike whatever shakes the dust out of their traditions, and it may be unreasonable to expect that Medicine will always prove an exception to the rule.

  23. A long experience and multiplied observations upon the sick lead me within the last few years to prefer giving only two shakes to medicinal liquids, whereas I formerly used to give ten.

  24. A grain of the powder is to be taken, a hundred drops of alcohol are to be poured on it, the vial is to be slowly turned for a few minutes, until the powder is dissolved, and two shakes are to be given to it.

  25. Comes in my father, And like the tyrannous breathing of the north Shakes all our buds from growing.

  26. The woman now takes a second calabash, and shakes the sand and water gently from the one to the other, reserving that portion of sand which is next the bottom of the calabash, and which is most likely to contain the gold.

  27. Kroll (shakes his head at him slowly).

  28. An' de chillen shakes an' shivahs as dey listen to de soun'.

  29. But ever I hear the same low trill, Of the song that shakes my heart with a thrill, And goes forever winging.

  30. And even then he doubts and shakes his head.

  31. He may shake his head till he shakes it off," she said privately to Uncle Rob, "but he won't convince me.

  32. But soon a loud and hasty summons calls, Shakes the thin roof, and echoes round the walls.

  33. The mother shakes with sobs and the child speaks more caressingly.

  34. At Kamakura: 1917 By Arthur Davison Ficke The world shakes with the terrible tramp of war And the foe's menace swirls through every sea.

  35. Peace (shakes her head--looks at date of letter.

  36. His logic was of that familiar, colloquial kind which shakes hands with common sense like an old friend.

  37. See how he uplifts the bell in his right hand, and shakes it slowly at first, then with a hurried motion, till the clapper seems to strike both sides at once, and the sounds are scattered forth in quick succession, far and near.

  38. See, mamma, he's so tickled to see me he shakes all over--every bit of him!

  39. Then he stands looking at it for a minute, looking wonderfully like it (they do say he ran away with Mrs. Walmers); and then he gently shakes the little shoulder.

  40. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

  41. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Armies, which he shakes over them.

  42. When Father Francisco shakes his head, he means a great deal,' said his companion.

  43. I have applied to him; he tells me that he lives, and then he shakes his head.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shakes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ague; chorea; disquiet; fidgets; flutter; inquietude; jactitation; palpitation; palsy; panting; quaking; quaver; quavering; quiver; quivering; restlessness; shakes; shaking; shiver; shivering; shudder; shuddering; spasm; sweat; throb; throbbing; tremble; trembling; tremor; trepidation; twitter; unrest; vibration