Words similar to shake

Example sentences for: shake

How can you use “shake” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Not even CNN's Christiane Amanpour sobbing on air (she once roomed with him) was able to shake the nation's uncharacteristic stoicism."
In some sense, alternative rock really did shake the industry, because it came, if not from nowhere, then nowhere that the major labels had previously cared about.
Sharon has already shown himself to be rather handy with diplomacy: He has vowed never to shake Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat's hand, and he also remarked on a previous occasion that Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't know his right hand from his left.
In an editorial Friday, the Jerusalem Post found encouragement in Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Shara's speech at the White House Wednesday, despite his frostiness and his unexpected refusal to shake the Israeli prime minister's hand.
(There is no "shake violently" function yet.)