This still leaves me slack-jawed and head-shaking. From Wordnik.com. [the blog is dead. yawn.] Reference
There was a lot of head-shaking and napkin-tossing. From Wordnik.com. [The Post In Which Karl Rove Channels Hall & Oates' Hit Single “Out Of Touch”] Reference
It was MacAlpine's turn to take up the head-shaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Way to Dusty Death]
None was forthcoming so he got back to his head-shaking. From Wordnik.com. [Partisans]
What they decided in the end was a head-shaking solution. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Regulatory Reform] Reference
And induce much head-shaking and mockery on Teh Internets. From Wordnik.com. [press 399430 to Smite Enemies] Reference
I temper it myself with a lot of head-shaking and eye-rolling. From Wordnik.com. [Day 18: Final days of UK filming] Reference
No amount of head-shaking helped, no amount of button-pressing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2007] Reference
My father spoke of them with head-shaking awe at their savagery. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
After a second of head-shaking, Karn said, 3Kinthalas take his eyes!. From Wordnik.com. [Riverwind the Plainsman]
The head-shaking and sighing conveyed to some a distasteful attempt. From Wordnik.com. [Art Brodsky: McCain's Debate Behavior Condescends To New Levels] Reference
On 27th December the cable arrived, with much clucking and head-shaking. From Wordnik.com. [Final Resting Place of The Pen] Reference
I agree that the gut-level, somatic, head-shaking response is essential. From Wordnik.com. [Head Shaking and the best Canadian Poem] Reference
Then she saw how the use of that word unleashed a volley of head-shaking. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
That would yield laughter and head-shaking among the construction workers. From Wordnik.com. [A short story about reaching lofty heights] Reference
The only reaction I could see around the room was sighing, and head-shaking. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Obama Up By Four Points Nationally] Reference
"Too much color" was his frequent, head-shaking objection during rehearsals. From Wordnik.com. [Beckett: Still Stirring] Reference
She speaks to us both and gestures at Ivo with a sort of head-shaking warmth. From Wordnik.com. [Valerie Tarico: Ivo -- Man With a World Instead of a Country] Reference
It leaves me speechless and head-shaking, so I'll borrow other people's words. From Wordnik.com. ["how many palestinian lives equal a single israeli life?"] Reference
But it all ended in confusion and head-shaking and a dreary retreat up the hill. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914] Reference
As much as this is amusing in a head-shaking kind of way, it's also horribly sad. From Wordnik.com. [freedom fries, french's, fox] Reference
Nynaeve met her level stare for level stare, despite Egwene's rueful head-shaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
When people see the coverage that came from Dem '68, they are head-shaking shocked. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Laermer: Information Gone Wild: Good News about Alerts] Reference
The head-shaking and sighing conveyed to some a distasteful attempt at superiority. From Wordnik.com. [Art Brodsky: McCain's Debate Behavior Condescends To New Levels] Reference
In the biggest head-shaking moment in the whole battle, Porkins is killed in action. From Wordnik.com. [Remembering Porkins « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more] Reference
It is a weird way to hold a conversation, one man talking and the other head-shaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Company]
When it was passed to me, there was an apology and much head-shaking and hand-waving. From Wordnik.com. [Tigers & Strawberries » Eating Bitter, Part Two: The Bitter Melon and Me] Reference
I spent today in slackjawed head-shaking bemusement at what a crazy mess my taxes are. From Wordnik.com. [abada abada › love & taxes] Reference
Even though people warned me about the opposite head-shaking thing, it did not compute. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Opposites] Reference
This book is partly humorous, partly head-shaking, and thoroughly absorbing throughout. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
The head-shaking roan snorted and strained at the rope snubbing it to the hitching post. From Wordnik.com. [Deuces Wild] Reference
This is the refrain I have heard from friends and head-shaking shrinks over the years. next ». From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Rescuing Patty Hearst by Virginia Holman] Reference
What followed was a pantomime of frowns, head-shaking, shrugs, and other gestures of helplessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Went Underground]
They ignored his head-shaking until finally he pushed one of the men away hard and snarled a lead-wolf growl at the others. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
A ripple of head-shaking ran through the assembled men, and some, seeing that no trouble was likely now, began slipping away. From Wordnik.com. [Knife of Dreams]
'Shaking its hair all over me,' went on Mam'zelle, conjuring up a fearsome picture of a stamping, head-shaking, rearing creature!. From Wordnik.com. [In the Fifth at Malory Towers]
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