Wondering how to use Shakedowns in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Shakedowns meaning
plural of shakedown
Using Shakedowns
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of shakedown
- In the example corpus, shakedowns often appears in combinations such as: and shakedowns.
Context around Shakedowns
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shakedowns
- In this selection, "shakedowns" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, clubs, alleged, legalized, sexual and contained stand out and add context to how "shakedowns" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include deals and shakedowns contained therein and frameups and shakedowns. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shakedowns" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shakedowns
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is standard to see their clubs’ shakedowns as a striving for superiority. (13 words)
Even some fellow officers made allegations of illegal behavior, including frameups and shakedowns. (13 words)
Joe Ferguson’s latest quarterly report shows the usual sordid sampling of misconduct, including alleged shakedowns, sexual harassment and police abuse. (21 words)
The word of the day is “verify” — it’s all over the alt-left media, as they brazenly attempt to cover up the burgeoning scandal of Hunter Biden’s laptop and all the payoffs, dirty deals and shakedowns contained therein. (40 words)
It didn’t matter that the effect would cause employees and employers to be less able to meet their own financial obligations thus making it impossible to pay government shakedowns. (30 words)
March has been teeming with news stories from Washington, from burgeoning trade wars to White House shake-ups to tales of sex scandals and shakedowns. (25 words)
Example sentences (8)
It is standard to see their clubs’ shakedowns as a striving for superiority.
Joe Ferguson’s latest quarterly report shows the usual sordid sampling of misconduct, including alleged shakedowns, sexual harassment and police abuse.
The word of the day is “verify” — it’s all over the alt-left media, as they brazenly attempt to cover up the burgeoning scandal of Hunter Biden’s laptop and all the payoffs, dirty deals and shakedowns contained therein.
The mere act of defending or settling claims costs companies, the economy and consumers billions of dollars in what amount to legalized shakedowns.
They are the rare department that managed to purge the shakedowns and gangsterism that still plague police units throughout the region.
Even some fellow officers made allegations of illegal behavior, including frameups and shakedowns.
It didn’t matter that the effect would cause employees and employers to be less able to meet their own financial obligations thus making it impossible to pay government shakedowns.
March has been teeming with news stories from Washington, from burgeoning trade wars to White House shake-ups to tales of sex scandals and shakedowns.
Common combinations with shakedowns
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: