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01. Can you [shake] the tablecloth off outside? It's covered with crumbs.
02. Make sure you [shake] the salad dressing well before you use it.
03. I hate it when wet dogs [shake] themselves off next to me.
04. Zoe just [shook] her head when I asked her if she was sick.
05. Her hands were [shaking] nervously when she sat down to play the piano.
06. The old man [shook] his fist at the young boys who had broken his living room window with their baseball.
07. The little girl was [shaking] with cold.
08. There is a Bulgarian proverb which notes that if you want apples, you have to [shake] the trees.
09. Mahatma Gandhi once remarked that in a gentle way, you can [shake] the world.
10. Since 1978, at least 37 people have died as a result of [shaking] vending machines, which then fell on top of them.
11. Indira Gandhi once remarked that you can't [shake] hands with a clenched fist.
12. If you [shake] a baby, even lightly, it could cause brain damage, blindness or death.
13. Male peacocks [shake] their tails to impress the females.
14. On December 8, 1988, an enormous earthquake [shook] the Republic of Armenia, killing almost 25,000 people, and causing $5 billion worth of damage.
15. Sathya Sai Baba once noted that friendship is the expression of [unshakable] love.
16. More than a million earthquakes [shake] the earth every year.

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