ashake
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ashake
Example Sentences
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On both sides of the Atlantic, thriller-dealers were set ashake by a rather small boo from Msgr.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pine trees bend to listen to the autumn wind as it mutters Something which sets the black poplars ashake with hysterical laughter; While slowly the house of day is closing its eastern shutters.
From Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology by Aldington, Richard
Crowns are ashake, The princes and the Kings are bending low, And, round the world, Before the blast of Freedom, thrones are hurled: The People are awake!
From Rebel Verses by Gilbert, Bernard
But the smith's boldness and independence were gone; he was ashake with fear.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
The Countess indeed had crept to her side, and cast her arm about her, but she was a child, and ashake already.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
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