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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The Pakistani woman had been the only landlady willing to rent to a shook-looking boy who was still in high school. — Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, "Found Wanting," 6 Jan. 2020 Needless to say the entire state of Texas is shook. — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, "People Are Freaking Out Over Kaia Gerber's Massive Hair Moment at Valentino," 5 July 2018 At the very least, his upstart challenger has the incumbent sounding a little shook. — Jay Willis, GQ, "It Sounds Like Ted Cruz Is Getting a Little Anxious," 7 Mar. 2018 Roughly 200 groggy Clevelanders, most still a little shook up, slowly fill up the gate area to wait out this unscheduled detour. — Mike Polk Jr., cleveland.com, "A hopeful reminder in turbulent times: Mike Polk Jr.," 22 Oct. 2017

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“Shook.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shook. Accessed 23 January 2020.

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