Dictionary entry

Shak‑y

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Definition

shaky /'ʃeÇki/ adj ၁။ တုန္တုန္ယင္ယင္ ျဖစ္ေနေသာ။ a shaky voice ❍ Her hands are shaky because she's nervous. ❍ He looks a bit shaky on his feet. ၂။ ခေနာ္နီခေနာ္နဲ႔။ ခ်ည့္နဲ႔ေသာ။ a shaky chair/table ❍ ( fig ) a shaky marriage ❍ The government is looking rather shaky at the moment. ❍ You're on shaky ground with that argument. ❍ The team recovered from a shaky start to score four goals in the second half. shakily /-Çli/ adv

Examples

  1. ‘Instead
  2. from what I could make out over the music
  3. her voice sounded shaky and weak.’
  4. ‘She touched her lips with shaky fingers
  5. lips quivering as the tears ran past them.’
  6. ‘I shook my head
  7. pointing a shaky finger towards the box.’
  8. ‘The nurse came in and introduced herself
  9. and with a shaky hand I shook hers.’
  10. ‘It's two in the afternoon
  11. now
  12. and I still feel shaky and weak.’
  13. ‘I was still feeling weak and shaky
  14. but I wasn't worried about it.’
  15. ‘Gavin's voice sounds miraculous
  16. the low baritone of it trembling in my already shaky spine
  17. and I needed him here.’
  18. ‘I took a shaky breath and with a trembling hand
  19. I took out the paper once more
  20. my eyes skimming over the quickly written words.’
  21. ‘He looked up surprised
  22. shook his head and gave out a shaky laugh.’
  23. ‘The old man laughed as well
  24. a strange
  25. shaky laugh that went along with his accent.’
  26. ‘He was trembling and his breathing was shallow and shaky.’
  27. ‘I let out a shaky laugh and pulled away so that I could look up at him.’
  28. ‘A shaky laugh bubbles past his lips
  29. and dizzy words start tumbling out of him.’
  30. ‘Hannah's voice trembled as she said this and she took shaky steps toward her sister's bedroom door.’
  31. ‘My legs felt weak
  32. my body shaky
  33. and I wasn't sure whether I was hot or cold.’
  34. ‘When they parted
  35. the two gave a small
  36. shaky
  37. yet happy laugh.’
  38. ‘He gripped the steering wheel
  39. letting out a shaky little laugh before speaking.’
  40. ‘He leaned against the table and tried to find a chair to sit on
  41. but his legs were too shaky and weak to even bend.’
  42. ‘He still felt weak and shaky
  43. as if he had recovered from the flu.’
  44. ‘She managed a shaky smile
  45. and held out a trembling hand - the one that she wasn't gripping Greg's with - for me to shake.’