shake - use in sentences

Object

  • hand: Tell them they are to shake hands with at least six people.
  • stick: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister More house market stats than you can shake a stick at.
  • fist: There's more great photos of the gig here than you could shake a fist at.
  • vial: Shake the vial and pour out the contents inside, the metal filings have changed to GOLD filings!

Converse of object

  • minimize: The NV7 has built-in OPS, an optical anti-shake technology, to minimize camera shake and to deliver clearer resolution.

Subject

  • earthquake: There are even moments of drama when the county has been covered with clouds of volcanic ash and shaken by earthquakes.

Noun used with modifier

  • camera: This camera also has optical image stabilization to help combat blur caused by camera shake.
  • milk: For coffee milk shake, use coffee ice cream, or substitute vanilla or coffee syrup.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • off: Fast or slow, the stranger was not to be shaken off.

Preposition: by

  • ordeal: The two employees were left shaken by the ordeal.
  • earthquake: There are even moments of drama when the county has been covered with clouds of volcanic ash and shaken by earthquakes.

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