Read full poem →Is it peace or war? better, war! loud war by land and by sea,
War with a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones.
Dictionary Entry
To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
In a Sentence
“He shook the can of soda for thirty seconds before delivering it to me, so that, when I popped it open, soda went everywhere.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
hands shaking. shakingoff shakingshaking still
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Poetry examples for “shaking”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →His eyes are wet and urgent,
And his body is taut and shaking.
It is cold on the terrace;
Read full poem →Had force to rise from apathy,
And shaking off its lethargy
Ring word-tones like a Christmas chime.
Read full poem →An Easter Carol
"Behold a shaking"
All Saints
Read full poem →Until the day break and the shadows flee,
The Shaking and the Breath.
Read full poem →The locks spread on his neck receive his tears,
And shaking sobs his mouth for speeches bears.
So[410] at ∆neas' burial, men report,
Read full poem →Banjo and his boys. The girls, all but one, gave them
their backs and went off shaking themselves disdainfully.
The one who remained was the absinthe lady. Guzzling
Read full poem →here! Shake down Death and forget his commerce, his
~ purpose, his haunting presence in a great shaking orgy.
Dance down the Death of these days, the Death of these
Read full poem →She sways from dizziness,
The telephone falls from her shaking hand. ...
He is in the village, is walking out,
Read full poem →She heard a beggar against the wall
Shaking his cup, a harlot's squall
Struck through the riot like a sword,