have been shaking
- present perfect progressive of shake.
Example Sentences
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The quake occurred one week after a 4.1 earthquake rattled the city, part of a pattern of moderate earthquakes that have been shaking the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2025
I may have been shaking at that point.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2023
Stocks have revived recently partly on hopes for a dialing down later this year of the big interest-rate hikes that have been shaking the market.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
“I felt I must have been shaking my head,” she told me.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2017
She made it onto the front stoop, but her hand must have been shaking really badly, because it took her a long while to get in.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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