shaken
/ˈʃeɪkən/ adjective B2- Moved rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- Of a drink, especially (alcoholic beverages) a cocktail: mixed by being agitated with ice in a shaker.
- Caused to move (and usually weakened) by a strong force. · The earthquake led to many shaken buildings and structures.
- Of something mined such as coal or ore: broken into pieces.
- Of timber: damaged from being cracked.
- Chiefly of a person: having had one's composure or confidence disrupted or upset; in a state of shock or trauma. · We were left shaken by the revelations of abuse.
- Weakened by some event.
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Then he was battered to and fro as a rat is shaken by a dog--to and fro on the floor, up and down, and around in great circles, but his eyes were red and he held on as the body cart-whipped over the floor, upsetting the tin dipper and the soap dish and the flesh brush, and banged against the tin side of the bath.
He was dizzy, aching, and felt shaken to pieces when something went off like a thunderclap just behind him.
Barry, what has happened to her?” she gasped, more white and shaken than the self-contained, sensible Marilla had been for many years.
Anne, stepping back to her seat, blushing with shyness and delight, found her hand vigorously clasped and shaken by the stout lady in pink silk.
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