Sentence examples for on the shaky from inspiring English sources

"Mack and Mabel," long said to be one of Mr. Herman's favorite scores, is based on the shaky love affair between Mack Sennett, who pioneered silent-film comedy, and the actress Mabel Normand.

The play centers on the shaky marriage of Christopher (Mr. Wood) and Kate Ms. Youngg).

Some restaurants, built on the shaky bases of fashionable dishes and celebrity appeal, will have already been blown away.

So it's a witty satire on the shaky towers of theory that historians erect on fragmentary evidence.

Party leaders had counted on the shaky economy and the issue of corporate responsibility to give them a lift.

These arguments are very interesting, but they are based on the shaky science of very small numbers.

Add to that his producing input on the shaky-cam monster movie Cloverfield, and TV series such as Alias, Fringe and the upcoming Undercovers, and you have a man who knows how to play the geek vote for all it's worth.

But in truth, that plan remains on the shakiest of foundations.

Already on the shakiest financial ground, Sheridan was ruined entirely by the loss of the building.

But that didn't stop many in the media from weighing in, building edifices of soaring opinion on the shakiest of data.

So saboteurs like Safire had a clear challenge: "prove" that Carter was just another impure politician, if even on the shakiest of pretexts.