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Example sentences for: shakes

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

Have you ever met someone who was “great shakes,” who could “cut the mustard” and “do squat,” who “was your cup of tea,” and whom you “would touch with a ten-foot pole”?
When you hear the term "Socialist Realism," you probably see in your mind's eye a large, detailed canvas: A sweating laborer, goggles pushed back on his forehead, stands by his red tractor and shakes hands with Stalin, in a white uniform, who smirks under his mustache.
However, the Schindler not only made shakes, he also built and surfaced the entire roof of a house; so in my opinion, the name really corresponds better with the English surname Tyler.
No matter how this discussion shakes out, the Torah codes paper seems fundamentally unlike any previous attempt to use science to prove a metaphysical point.
However it all shakes out, those who benefit most from the tax breaks almost surely will lose least from the spending cuts.