ashake

Example Sentences

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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

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

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

He seemed to be in the last extremity of fright, with a face the color of clay and his limbs all ashake as one who hath an ague.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

The Countess indeed had crept to her side, and cast her arm about her, but she was a child, and ashake already.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

Crowns are ashake, The princes and the Kings are bending low, And, round the world, Before the blast of Freedom, thrones are hurled: The People are awake!

From Rebel Verses by Gilbert, Bernard