Sentence examples for try to shake up from inspiring English sources

In the end, there was no crystallizing moment or memorable gaffe that underdog campaigns crave as they try to shake up the dynamic of a race.

Rather than trying to outdo real reality TV, they use it to try to shake up a relationship or microcosm, a new twist on the stranger-comes-to-dinner tradition.

Scott A. Fenn, managing director of policy at Proxy Governance, said the study's findings should also help dispel the myth that those who try to shake up boards are interested only in short-term profits.

While either of these candidates would be an intelligent and hard-working senator, Ms. Krueger seems much more likely to try to shake up a Legislature that is in need of all the shaking up it can get.

The wider idea behind the lab is to develop legal tools and products to try to shake up a sector that's pretty set in its ways, he adds.

In particular, I like to follow the exploits of activist hedge funds when they take 5% or greater positions in a company and try to shake up management to unlock value.

It is the latest setback by foreign investors trying to shake up corporate Japan.

You should exult that somebody's trying to shake up the operating system wars.

I tried to shake up some lines to find some chemistry tonight.

(Wilborn Hampton) 'MAUDIE AND JAtE' At 81, Judith Malina is still trying to shake up the world.

Many governments are trying to shake up their lethargic legal systems in order to speed up bankruptcy proceedings.