So he took Christian by the hand again, and led him into a chamber, where there was one rising out of bed; and as he put on his raiment, he shook and trembled.
At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its chain with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a swoon.
"What has he done with his money?" asked a red-faced gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock.
Adjective: "shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised"
2015, Gary L. Heyward, Corruption Officer: From Jail Guard to Perpetrator Inside Rikers Island, page 239:
Upon hearing this I am really feeling the pressure. I am shook.
2017, Nabeel Chollampat, "Between Two Worlds: Muslim Students' Association Carves its Place on Campus", The Michigan Daily (University of Michigan), 8 February 2017, page 6B:
The food is a welcome treat, the atmosphere is warm, the people are friendly. But I'm shook. As I have done for years, as I always do, I tell them I have to get going (I don't).
2017, Danny Madion, "Pop music, sexuality and the gay duckling", The Michigan Daily (University of Michigan), 21 March 2017, page 5:
Immediately, his face flushed: "How could Katy do that to Britney? I'm SHOOK."
2017, Tyler Manning, "Mentalist: reads minds, brings laughs", The Wichitan (Midswestern State University), 4 October 2017, page 10:
Students who attended the event were also amazed by what they saw. Addrian Gaut, theater senior, said, “I loved it and I am shook right now.”
2017, Joanne Kim, "Celeb Spotlight: Riri launches new makeup line", The Signal (College of New Jersey), 4 October 2017, page 15:
[…] People didn't expect "Fenty" to actually be her [Rihanna's] last name.
Well, I'm shook.
2017, Maddie Allen, "My Homeless Friend", Excel Echo, October 2017, page 3:
I looked him up on the internet and he is kinda a famous bird man. I'm shook.
2018, Cornelia Naylor, "Burnaby students take debating skills to Oxford", Burnaby Now, 17 January 2018, page 5:
"I still can't believe that we made it there," Collett said. "I'm shook to the core that we made it to a tournament in England."
2018, Eddington Again, quoted in Senay Kenfe, "Eddington Again", L. A. Record, Summer 2018, page 35:
He wrote this long ass thing about how we're the next up and coming thing! I'm shook, I'm like 'What the hell?" and all the emails started coming in—Interscope, Capitol, Universal, it was this whole spiral.
2019, Kerry Ingram, "This season's bringing 80s[sic] back", The Towerlight (Towson University), 29 January 2019, page 19:
Glossy lips: I'M SHOOK ABOUT THIS!
2019, Alexandria Mcalpine, "A Night At The Theater", Fourth Estate (George Mason University), 11 February 2019, page 14:
“I'm shook,” Brayshaw said. “That was so good.”
2019, Joey O'Kelly, "Transcend, Transform, Transition", The Bell (Liberty High School), April 2019, page 31:
In less than six months, I will be transformed into a college student, transported five hours away, and to be transparent, I'm shook to the core about it.
2019, Nae Galloway, quoted in Edgar Mendoza, Quinae Austin, & Derrick Coleman, "How do you feel about Pornhub possible[sic] buying Tumblr?", Talon Marks (Cerritos College), 15 May 2019, page 14:
""I'm shook, because if they buy it they're going to have to do a lot[sic] monitoring and because kids your[sic] it also."
2019, Linda Moody, "Versailles nursing student 'a good Samaritan", The Early Bird Newspaper, 5 May 2019, page 1:
Collins, it was reported, posted a tweet about the shocking scene: "Today I watched a drive-by shooting on my walk home from an exam and tied my belt around the gunshot victim's leg on Short Vine... how's your Monday going because I. Am. Shook.!!"
