shaken

Example Sentences

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Some Washington reporters left the event shaken, while some were convinced they were heroes for surviving.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

"Political violence has no place in any democracy and my thoughts are with all those who have been shaken by this disturbing event," Carney wrote on X.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

And so the evening concludes with an explosion of emotion that redeems its flaws, and sends us reeling, shaken, into the night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Once we’ve shaken hands on this unavoidable tension, we can wrestle with Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael,” an open-hearted biopic of Jackson, extending from his boyhood in Gary, Ind., to the late-’80s tour for “Bad.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

I turn to the others and realize that they’re all just as shaken as I am—even the preppy kid.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman