Sentence examples for it shook off from inspiring English sources

When they tossed the albatross into the water, it shook off, stretched out its wings and looked around for all of 10 seconds before skittering across the water, flapping its wings and lifting into the sky and then toward the horizon.

In two recent gatherings of thousands of students in Moscow and St .Petersburg, he notably reached out to young people, wading into Russia's swirling debate over its identity almost 20 years after it shook off communism and embarked on an uncertain quest for greater economic and political freedom.

Above all, Mongolia has become an open society since it shook off the Soviet yoke without bloodshed in 1990.

Diallo ran onto it, shook off Ramos and nudged the ball over the line.

Capita is leading the market higher after it shook off investor fears of a slowdown in government outsourcing.

Capita climbed 5.5p to 741p after it shook off investor fears of a slowdown in government outsourcing.

It's at its most entertaining when it shakes off its clothes.

But the novel comes to life when it shakes off philosophy and sinks into the sensory.

Mr. Milbradt said the east can prosper only if it shakes off Germany's stifling labor regulations.

"It shakes off the lethargy and fog and you are on it again.

Confronting it means shaking off the manacles it has imposed on our minds.