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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fist at the" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness in written English.
It could be used in contexts related to aggression or confrontation, but it needs additional words to form a complete thought.
Example: "He raised a fist at the crowd, signaling his anger."
Alternatives: "a hand raised in anger" or "a gesture of defiance".
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She shook a fist at the battlements.
He waves a fist at the ceiling, mocking himself, diffusing.
American stargazers could be forgiven for shaking a fist at the heavens this weekend.
It's not waving a fist at the iCloud," the showrunners wrote.
Many Yankees fans have most likely shook a fist at the television as they pleaded and begged for it.
He looked at the prisoner's bloody and battered body and then swung a fist at the Sergeant.
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"If this meeting is about shaking a fist at evangelicals and the Southern Baptist Convention, it will have a very short shelf life," said Curtis W. Freeman, director of the Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School, who will be attending the gathering.
"It's probably a good thing politically to be shaking a fist at some bad guy in the oil market".
Chick-fil-A was at the center of a very public controversy this summer after its president and COO, Dan Cathy, openly declared his opposition to LGBT rights -- saying legalizing same-sex marriage was like "shaking a fist" at God -- and stood by the company's millions of dollars in donations to anti-gay groups.
In the melee Ince appeared to swing a fist at another fan.
Shake a fist at fate?
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