Example sentences for: shimmy

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

  • In short, now that he knows (or, anyway, prefers to believe) that the speedometer has been understating his speed, and that the shimmy therefore doesn't start until he is really going 55, he thinks that he can drive 55 as measured using that same speedometer . Uh-uh.

  • "So what you're telling me is that the car doesn't shimmy until I go 55 miles per hour.

  • The airplane passenger who, like me, hears a nasty whirrrrrsh on takeoff and feels the seat shimmy as if powered by Magic Fingers has no such choice.

  • Alas, after looking at the car, the mechanic declared that he couldn't fix the shimmy.

  • A couple of years ago the editor of Business Week had a problem with his car: Whenever he went too fast--whenever the needle on his speedometer went above 40--the car developed a dangerous shimmy.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast