ashake
[ uh-sheyk ]
/ əˈʃeɪk /
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adjective
shaking (usually used predicatively): The very hills were ashake with the violence of the storm.
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Example sentences from the Web for ashake
He seemed to be in the last extremity of fright, with a face the color of clay and his limbs all ashake as one who hath an ague.
The White Company|Arthur Conan DoyleThe horse "with long mane ashake; hoofs, heavy with tumult; eyes, glimmering white."
Barks and Purrs|Colette Willy, aka ColetteNance, all ashake with disgust, stooped suddenly and picked up a lump of rock.
A Maid of the Silver Sea|John OxenhamBlacky was all ashake again, but this time it wasn't with fear of being caught away from home in the dark; it was with excitement.
Blacky the Crow|Thornton W. Burgess