Sentence examples for a shaky note from inspiring English sources

Nothstein's evening began on a shaky note, when he finished fifth in the first round.

Still a shaky line back there.

The only shaky note is Wells's attachment to Islam.

Barring a few strained passages and shaky notes, he sang with passion and theatrical energy all evening, remaining strong throughout his wide range.

Richard Rodgers's music demands a kind of formality and discipline that Ms. Shields couldn't quite muster in a vocal performance with shrill edges and shaky notes.

Each conversational gambit becomes a shaky aria of misplaced notes.

Someone had left a note in a shaky hand that read "Peace, bread, roses, freedom".

And finally, in the last act, Mr. West, notwithstanding a few shaky top notes, sang with the clarion tone that made his performance in "Siegfried" so formidable.

At this point in a career that has lasted nearly 60 years, Mr. Perlman's playing has its faults: his characteristic golden tone is more uneven now, and he had a shaky ascent to a climactic high note in the "Meditation" from Massenet's "Thaïs".

Instead of Manning, the Pats would be facing a shaky — and, as Adam Gopnik has noted — probably injured Mark Sanchez, who all of a sudden seems to think that his receivers are eleven feet tall.

It's worth noting that Schmidt has a shaky track record on predictions.