How to Use shake in a Sentence

shake

1 of 2 verb

• The earthquake shook the ground.
• The house shook as the train rumbled by.
• The ground shook during the earthquake.
• The fugitive couldn't shake the police.
• The news did nothing to shake my belief that things will be okay.
• I was so nervous that I was shaking like a leaf.
• Nothing could shake his faith in God.
• Shake the salad dressing well before using it.
• It's hard to shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something.
• Tightly close the jar and shake each day for about a week (a brine will form).
  — Kelsey Youngman, Bon Appétit, 17 July 2023
• Made of polyester, microfiber has a smooth feel that shakes off sand and dries fast.
  — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
• Secure the lid, and shake until the mixture is very chilled.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023
• Gil Hanse: The two of us get to stand up here and shake hands and kiss babies and take the credit for it, but the shapers are the guys.
  — Mark Kazlowski, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
• The pre-teen was quickly pulled down and told to stop by his mom, who rolled her eyes and shook her head.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
• For this year’s edition, Fox opted to shake things up with a new team.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 May 2023
• Pour over the egg and shake the pan to distribute the mixture evenly.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
• Collado opened the door and shook Reilly to wake him, and then noticed the crack pipe in his hand.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• These aren’t the first earthquakes to shake the area recently.
  — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
• Just a few days ago, the country was shaken by the murder of a teacher in the French city of Arras.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
• Members of a pod had been ramming and shaking boats in the area for more than three years, and had now sunk four.
  — Sallie Tisdale, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
• Turn the head over and shake to remove any excess water.
  — Mary G. Pepitone, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
• Dip in panko mixture; shake to remove excess, and place in a bowl.
  — Julia Levy, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2023
• Killings have surged in Ecuador as drug gangs have shaken the country.
  — Ryan Dubé, WSJ, 7 June 2023
• By mid-album, Ora shakes off much of her crippling self-doubt.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
• Both teams have some poor form to shake off, each having lost three of their last five matches.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
• McDonalds’ usual play is more that of the McRib style layup than the Grimace shake one-off.
  — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
• The stone pavement shook as the crowd stomped the ground and flew off the picnic tables in celebration.
  — Lauren Tousignant, Curbed, 28 July 2023
• Her 10-year-old daughter joined in, imitating the roar of the 50-mile-an-hour gusts that shook the walls.
  — Luis Feliz Leon, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2023
• That put the senator’s proxy in a key position when the party looked to shake things up.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Cautiously, the wife shook the husband’s shoulder again, hard enough to wake him mid-whimper.
  — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024

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shake

2 of 2 noun

• Give the dice a shake.
• He drank too much coffee and got a bad case of the shakes.
• He responded to the question with a shake of his head.
• The move is the first step in a broader shake-up at the Césars.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2023
• Now grab one free end and give it a side-to-side shake.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
• Just fill it with your choice of rice, white, sticky, or brown, and give it a shake.
  — Hetal Vasavada, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2024
• Just be sure to tell the fella over there with the hella good hair to shake, shake, shake.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
• The beauty of his choreography is felt in the roll of the hip and the torso’s shake.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
• Fill with ice and cranberry juice, and give it a shake.
  — Lucy Buffett, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
• Drop a few fillets in the zip-seal bag, close it tightly, and give it a good shake.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 1 Feb. 2024
• With the top down, body shake is minimal on good roads.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023
• To use, just give the bottle a shake and hold it upright, about 10 inches from the hair.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
• It’s got a full menu of seafood dinners, burgers, shakes, malts and more.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 12 July 2023
• According to our testers, the bag was easy to set up and puffy after a good shake.
  — Saryn Chorney, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2023
• Take both hands, grab the cover and insert together, and give the pair a shake (or a few).
  — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Start by turning the keyboard upside down and give it a good shake.
  — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2023
• Besides vanilla, this shake comes in milk chocolate with the fiber.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 4 Feb. 2023
• One of her teenage son's friends asked Driver about the shake-up recently.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2022
• The City of London’s skyline is set to get a major shake-up, but the plans tease a shift in wider trends around the future of work.
  — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2023
• Hartog adds that it can also be added to smoothies and shakes.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2023
• For the 10th season of The Bachelor Australia, things are getting a shake-up.
  — Maggie Zhou, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2023
• Nothing makes for a better start or end to a trip to Palm Springs than stopping in at Hadley’s for a date shake.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
• This bag kept all the products intact during shake and drop tests.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• There was a shake-up in the top 5 after both North Carolina and Kansas dropped games.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Nov. 2022
• Snacks would be either a protein shake or a protein bar.
  — Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• Dirt, small rocks, crumbs, and other debris should also come off with a few good shakes.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
• Now's as good a time as ever to consider if keyboards need a shake-up.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2023
• Soft toast and eggs kept me going, plus some meal replacement shakes.
  — Meirav Devash, Allure, 29 Feb. 2024
• Protein shakes are an easy and affordable source of nutrition on the go or before a workout.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
• In addition to burgers, the menu features fish sandwiches, fries, onion rings, shakes, malts, sundaes and ice cream.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024