Definition of Shaken

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Definition of Shaken
	Shaken of Shake Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough. Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2. Impaired, as by a shock. Related Definitions: Agitated, As, Bough, By, Caused, Checked, Cracked, Impaired, Of, Or, See, Shake, Shaken, Shock, Split, To

Shaken Quotations

Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
Ambrose Bierce

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
Lord Acton

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.
Johannes Brahms

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.
William Henry Harrison

I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.
Stephen Sondheim

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.
P. G. Wodehouse

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Andre Maurois

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
Denis Diderot

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
Horace

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