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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shaky patch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a difficult or unstable period in someone's life or a situation.
Example: "After several months of uncertainty, she finally emerged from a shaky patch and found stability in her career."
Alternatives: "a rough period" or "a difficult phase."
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"They had a shaky patch but they came relatively good again in the recent Six Nations.
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The patch is in a shaky state (pre-alpha) as of now, but it mostly works as intended in both portrait and landscape modes.
A Shaky Start.
Yemen is a shaky state.
But he subsists on a shaky network.
Minnesota hung on despite a shaky finish.
Still a shaky line back there.
IT ALWAYS felt like a shaky defence.
Millwood had a shaky start.
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