How to use "shook" in a sentence

When we first met, he shook my hand and smiled at me.

The Nautilus shook as we went through the small tunnel

The Nautilus shook from the explosions of the cannonballs in the water, but it went forward, ready to attack the enemy ship.

The President asked me a lot of questions about Vietnam and the army, but I just said, 'Yes, it's OK' or shook my head to say no, and after several minutes of this we were both silent.

Take Sue back to Alabama with you, and start your shrimp business.' He shook my hand and gave me his address

He shook his fist at the church and then, cold and hungry, he lay down on a stone bench by the doorway.

The boy seized his collar and shook him

The priest shook his head

Jean Valjean (as we must now call him) shook Javert's hand from his collar and ran to the bed

Leblanc trembled slightly, but still shook his head

Marius, however, who had been going to fire the gun as a signal for the police to arrive, shook so much that he almost fell off the cupboard.

Marius, too shocked to reply, shook his head and rose to his feet

Enjolras and his friends shook their heads with amazement at their friend's lack of awareness, and soon left the room

Then, moving to the gate, he shook it fiercely with both hands, trying to bend the bars with the last of his strength

Gillenormand saw his pale, lifeless-looking grandson lying on the sofa, he shook from head to foot

Marius hugged Valjean warmly, addressed him as 'father' and invited him to lunch, but Valjean shook his head and said, 'Monsieur, I have something to tell you.'

What does Sally say?" Brandon shook his head

Sala shook her head

"Is he looking for work again?" Cham smiled, and shook his head

But..." She shook her head sadly

Cham shook his head

Niki shook her head

"No." Mom shook her head

Sala shook her head

Wena shook her head

Cham shook his head

Gently, they shook Gran awake

Gran shook her head

Sala shook her head

Sala shook her head.

I shook my head

She shook hands with me and said to Maxim, 'She's quite different from what I expected

I shook hands with them all

I went up to her and shook her by the arm.

A loud explosion shook the window where we stood

Maxim shook his head.

Ben shook his head and moved back against the wall

Mrs Danvers shook her head

Mrs Danvers took the note, read it and then shook her head again.

Maxim shook his head.

We shook hands with Dr Baker and he walked with us to the front door.

His hand shook as he lit a cigarette.

The bed shook.

Hundreds of gamblers - pretty young women, sweet-faced grandmothers, men in jeans and decoratively stitched Western shirts, retirement-age men in expensive but tacky leisure outfits, a few guys in three-piece suits, salesmen, doctors, mechanics, secretaries, Americans from all of the Western states, junketeers from the East Coast, Japanese tourists, a few Arab men - sat at the semielliptical blackjack tables, pushing money and chips forward, sometimes taking back their winnings, eagerly grabbing the cards that were dealt from the five-deck shoes, each reacting in one of several predictable ways: Some players squealed with delight; some grumbled; others smiled ruefully and shook their heads; some teased the dealers, pleading half seriously for better cards; and still others were silent, polite, attentive, and businesslike, as though they thought they were engaged in some reasonable form of investment planning

Still sitting on the couch, Elliot shook his head and stared down at his cognac.

She shook her head

Bob shook his head in agreement, frowning, as if he was dismayed to think that he could be mistaken for a common thief.

Her hands shook

Tom shook his head

He shook his head

She shook her head

He shook his head

Her hand shook when she raised her glass to drink the last of her own Coors.

Elliot stepped to the jukebox and shook it gently

Elliot shook the jukebox again, but this time to no avail.

Elliot shook the machine harder than he had done the last time, then harder still, but it continued to repeat the two-word message in the voice of the country singer, as if an invisible hand were holding the pick-up stylus or laser-disc reader firmly in place.

This was murder." He shook his head to clear it

She shook Elliot until she woke him.

Tina shook her head, puzzled

Elliot shook his head: no.

Watching my brother's back, I pushed the switch and the steel hammer shook slightly, then rose quickly

My hand shook as I picked it up because I knew by then that something must be terribly wrong

Several furious knocks shook the door, and I knew then that he would never accept this solution

the thing's body shook for a second and then lay still.

'Thank you.' He shook my hand

Melchett shook his head

The doctor shook his head

The man shook his head

She shook her head

Miss Cram shook her head

Melchett shook his head

Lawrence shook his head

I shook my head

I took it and shook my head

Miss Marple shook her head and stood up

'So it's the one man we never even thought about!' He went over to the sleeping man and shook him, at first gently, then harder

'Oh, no!' Miss Marple shook her head

Then came a violent crash quite close to us, that shook the ground

The ground moved and a heavy explosion shook the air, smashing two or three windows in the houses and leaving us shocked.

A violent explosion shook the air, and a column of water, steam, mud and broken metal shot far up into the sky

He shook his head.

From there we could see the searchlights on Richmond Hill and Kingston Hill moving in the sky, and at about eleven the windows shook, and we heard the sound of the large guns that had been put in position there

I shook violently and could hardly stand straight