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ashake

[uh-sheyk] / əˈʃeɪk /


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On both sides of the Atlantic, thriller-dealers were set ashake by a rather small boo from Msgr.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nance, all ashake with disgust, stooped suddenly and picked up a lump of rock.

From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John

The pine trees bend to listen to the autumn wind as it mutters Something which sets the black poplars ashake with hysterical laughter; While slowly the house of day is closing its eastern shutters.

From Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology by Aldington, Richard

The horse "with long mane ashake; hoofs, heavy with tumult; eyes, glimmering white."

From Barks and Purrs by Colette

But the smith's boldness and independence were gone; he was ashake with fear.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.