How to Use shimmy in a Sentence

shimmy

1 of 2 noun

• Our cause célèbre makes for shimmies and shakes the world over.
  — al, 5 Feb. 2020
• Then jerk the lure with a sweep of the rod tip, or use a pop-pop-popping motion to put the shimmy and shake in a jerk bait.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 22 Feb. 2022
• At the top of the box, the captain cut one way, ducked the other and then tugged the ball back to shimmy free of his defender.
  — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, 5 Aug. 2019
• Meryl Streep gave Pharrell and his hat her best shimmy.
  — Marie Claire, 2 Mar. 2014
• After stretching, the ladies try out some chest shimmies and neck rolls.
  — Mariah Smith, The Cut, 18 Dec. 2017
• All the Bryan show staples were back: the hip wiggles, the butt shimmies, the purring, the Miller Lite toasting and tossing, the shots of Patron.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2017
• With the Targa’s roof panel stowed, rough roads send a minor shimmy through the body.
  — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 16 Feb. 2018
• After the transfer, the male did a shimmy that Matsushige had only seen in the video of the wild sea dragons.
  — Madeline Bodin, Discover Magazine, 23 Nov. 2020
• His shimmy with the puck on breakouts or at the blue line have become Heiskanen canon.
  — Dallas News, 5 May 2022
• Any slight shimmy may have the whole thing toppling down at any moment!
  — Sable Yong, Allure, 14 July 2017
• At an obstacle course, plebes flip and shimmy over logs and poles.
  — Sarah Larimer, Washington Post, 16 May 2017
• Sight is as important in this case as sound and Stephanaya has got the strut and the shimmy down perfectly.
  — Mel Shields, sacbee, 27 Apr. 2018
• There was no shimmy on his way to the sidelines after the Boston timeout.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 22 May 2017
• The point guard reacted with a shimmy as Curry ran by him.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 24 May 2018
• Sorry, Samir, but unfortunately for all of us the next shimmy might have to wait for the Big Dance.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 12 Feb. 2020
• And sure enough, within seconds, Olivia somehow hoists herself herself over the crib and shimmies down to the ground.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2018
• The 30-year-old then followed up the shot with a shimmy celebration, much to his head coach's amusement.
  — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 21 May 2018
• If one of those bad things does happen and it can’t be fixed, even with the perfect shimmy, years of work could be undone in an instant.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2021
• One shimmy of a sudden line suddenly strikes through it all.
  — Vona Groarke, The New York Review of Books, 8 Oct. 2020
• The superfan and his musical favorite got to hold hands and shimmy on stage.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2022
• Meanwhile, people of all ages came out to watch legend Tanya Tucker shimmy on stage.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2018
• So now Hayes is opting for eager to please, with arm sways and shimmies, loads of high-fives for fans up front and direct eye contact with folks in the balcony.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2018
• Kemba Walker did a little shimmy, and then sank the free throw that would send him into the Charlotte Hornets record book.
  — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 1 Nov. 2017
• During the first week of the season, Cabrera would get to second base after a double, pound his chest and do a little shimmy.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2018
• After Niko shimmies into a red dress, Gvatua needs to strap him into the studded bra.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2018
• Clearly, our human brains also have evolved to sway, shimmy and shake our bodies along to music.
  — Susan Pinker, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2020
• There was also a delightful pair of short boots on which the heel was covered with free-hanging chain mail that appeared to shimmy and dance with each step.
  — Adam Tschorn, latimes.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• Cueto’s final pitch of the seventh inning, a triple shimmy if there ever was one, might have made fans dizzy, not to mention C.J. Cron.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2021
• Carmelo Anthony isolates on Derrick Rose, ready to do the bump-and-shimmy that is his career-long groove.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2016
• Despite the heat, Sloan dons a Spider-Man costume and shimmies and shakes his head to music, garnering honks and waves from drivers.
  — Molly Sullivan, sacbee, 13 July 2017

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shimmy

2 of 2 verb

• One of the car's wheels was shimmying.
• They were shimmying on the dance floor.
• I shimmied into my jacket.
• On the field, Wally waved the Red Sox flag and shimmied his hips.
  — Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• This way, the climber can shimmy up the rope without touching the rock face.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2022
• Tucker stretched his arms wide around the trunk and shimmied around it.
  — Ted Gregory, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The doors were chained to their frames and could not be opened more than a foot; detainees had to shimmy through.
  — David Remnic, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
• This is just the sort of science story that shimmies to the top of newsfeeds.
  — Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine, 14 Feb. 2017
• In a nearby liquor store, bottles shimmied off their shelves and smashed to the floor.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
• This song is perfect for members of the single squad to shimmy to on the dance floor.
  — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 15 Nov. 2022
• On Maduro’s outdoor set, people rose, shimmied and clapped to the beat.
  — Patricia Mazzei, miamiherald, 24 July 2017
• So go ahead, shimmy the ice off your shoulders, and ease into one of these hot springs.
  — Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2014
• The state got lucky when Irma’s path shimmied west, and the hurricane lacked a back half.
  — Time, 13 Sep. 2017
• A few yards later, Rashaan Gaulden took a shot and got turned around as Toney shimmied his way for a 19-yard gain.
  — Ryan Young, ajc, 19 Sep. 2017
• And of course there was this moment, when Turner went wild on the bench as Lance Stephenson shimmied on the court.
  — Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2018
• Mowry could be seen bopping her head back and forth, shimmying her hips and even adding a few snaps.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2024
• To help her dress, Colt moves her back onto the bed and rolls her side to side, shimmying her pant legs on a bit at a time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2019
• People shimmied up next to show sheep, grinned on the midway or propped toddlers up on bales of hay.
  — Alyson Ward, Houston Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2018
• As Kate shimmied down a runway in a see-through tube dress by Charlotte Todd, the young prince was taken.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
• The first was able to shimmy out from under the tank, but Clement was severely injured.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2019
• As in just one second, a player can shimmy the ball onto his left foot and curl it into the top corner of the net.
  — SI.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• Proctor shimmied under a fence and hid behind a tour bus in the parking lot.
  — Greg Toppo, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2017
• Some of the 150 guests fled the gunbattle and fire sparked by the assault by shimmying down bedsheets from the upper floors.
  — Bloomberg.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• His father tossed the two boys to his friend on the ground and then shimmied down the rope himself, badly injuring his hands and arm.
  — Michael Hamad, courant.com, 27 June 2019
• The Jimmy tool from our friends at iFixit has a thin strip of steel on the tip that can be used to wedge, pry, or shimmy open just about anything.
  — Michael Calore, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021
• Overpass is a climbing challenge in which people have to climb up and over a beam, or shimmy across it.
  — Charles Infosino, Cincinnati.com, 12 June 2020
• Some 150 guests fled the gun battle and fire sparked by the assault by shimmying down bedsheets from the upper floors.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2018
• But the group would have to shimmy down a very steep path with poor visibility to reach the river, then take a boat to get there.
  — Kate Springer, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
• The Uber car was squeezed into the narrow Boston street between other cars, and Wilcox had to shimmy out.
  — Joe Mullin, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2017
• The decoys in the water will shimmy along with the MOJO, adding plenty of duck-attracting motion to the spread.
  — Joseph Albanese, Outdoor Life, 26 May 2020

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