Examples of shaky

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The evidence that dreams are designed to produce these consequences seems even shakier.
The second one is perhaps the thorniest of all and, once he departs from the material culture territory, the author finds himself on somewhat shakier ground.
The second inference while equally shaky is germane because through it he comes closer to articulating the difficulty of such poetry.
When self-regard is so shatteringly undermined, the symbols of a former shaky greatness become almost an affront.
The shaky peace managed to survive through 1996 and into 1997.
In turn, the shaky state leadership was compelled to agree with many more 'unofficial' requests from local politicians and party factions than before.
Apparently the attack on the theory of the elements is meant to show just how shaky their claims are in those two fields.
The stage was cramped; the audience capacity was small; and the new theatre represented a severe financial liability to a very shaky opera company.
The social reality constructed by the malestream approach rests on shaky foundations.
The sweat was making it hard for my fingers to play, and my voice felt shaky.
Despite this widespread availability, our knowledge of the individual texts often rests on shaky foundations.
The widespread popularity of the hypothesis stands in stark contrast to the rather shaky empirical evidence it is built upon.
Another example involves desiring a genetic child in order to "save" a shaky marriage.
Were this not the case, our legal system would indeed be on shaky ground.
We took them, after a shaky start, to the cleaners.
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