moving and shaking
Example Sentences
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They no longer had to look longingly at other programs’ posturing, their desperate moving and shaking to reach the top at any astronomical cost.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2021
Admiring yesteryear’s musical movers and shakers can feel bittersweet when all of that moving and shaking remains fixed in the amber of history.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021
There wasn’t a whole lot of moving and shaking in week 3 of the College Football Playoff rankings, with the top 5 all standing pat.
From Golf Digest • Nov. 20, 2019
“The thrust of the show is the finest work by people who are moving and shaking in political illustration,” said co-curator Steve Brodner.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2018
My body is still moving and shaking, bebopping and gliding across the floor.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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