the shakes
Example Sentences
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“Sometimes you just kind of have to power through the clamminess and the shakes and the racing heart,” said Matt Schulz, the chief consumer-finance analyst at LendingTree, who wrote a book on the topic.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
I was at my house when the shakes started and it was unlike anything I had felt before.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
Oddly enough it's not the food that the report targets -- not the fries, burgers or even the shakes and cakes -- but what touches the food before you eat it.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
“They owe me a fat check for all the shakes that they’ve sold,” he joked.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
He took a big breath in, hoping the air would iron out the shakes in his voice.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
