shake
verb (used without object)
to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
well-shaken
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a word derived from
shake.
Example Sentences
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This man accompanied me to the house, and pointed to the spot where I should find the person I sought, snoring on his well-shaken bundles of straw.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
If Nature abhors a vacuum, she does so especially when, after twelve days of a fluctuating and predatory existence, the well-shaken traveller at last finds a stable foundation for self and victuals.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
The title was borrowed from a previous society at Perugia, the Accademia degli Scossi, of the well-shaken.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The filtrate is then poured into a cylinder capable of holding 100 cubic centimeters, and furnished with a scale; sufficient distilled water is then added until the well-shaken fluid measures precisely 100 cubic centimeters.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various
