How to Use shaker in a Sentence

shaker

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  • Throw the orange peel in the shaker with the liquid and add ice.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Add 5 to 6 ice cubes to the shaker and shake again until well chilled.
    — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Open the shaker and add ice, seal again and shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Still, your first step shouldn’t be to reach for a protein shaker.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Pour the contents of the shaker (including the ice) into a rocks glass.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Patrons don’t seem to mind whether their next drink comes from a shaker or a spout.
    — Kate Bernot, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Pour the mixture back and forth between the shaker and a large mixing glass a few times.
    — Lucy Buffett, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
  • In a cocktail shaker, combine the Thai basil, chile slices and salt, then fill it with ice.
    — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Most of the tables are the size of hubcaps — too small for a full dinner — and the kitchen can overdo it with the salt shaker.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • The ground, covered in tarps, is strewn with olives most days and a man sorts olives in a makeshift shaker out of the back of a tiny pickup truck.
    — Clive Pursehouse, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Add the tonic into the shaker and pour it all into glass.
    — New York Times, 24 July 2022
  • So pick the type of rum you like best, break out the shaker, and get ready to mix a rum drink even Jack Sparrow would envy.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Every movement of the spacecraft led to greater loss of Bennu’s dust, like the way salt comes out of a shaker.
    — Katrina Miller, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • In a shaker almost filled with ice, add the white chocolate liqueur, schnapps, vodka, and cream.
    — Christine Fiorentino, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2023
  • In a cocktail shaker, combine the syrup, coconut milk and lime juice.
    — Julia Bainbridge, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2022
  • To create it, combine a small bit of vermouth, four ounces of gin, and one large ice cube in a shaker.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Pour the egg white into the larger tin of your shaker, and the simple syrup and lemon juice into the smaller tin.
    — Louise Dixon, ajc, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Here's how to make it: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add 2.5-ounces of vodka and 1-ounce of pickle juice.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
  • To a cocktail shaker, add the bitters and grenadine (or cherry syrup,) then fill two-thirds of the way with ice.
    — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
  • The shaker caused a power outage in the Rio Dell area, about 245 miles north of San Francisco.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 1 Jan. 2023
  • How to make it: add all the ingredients into a tin shaker, muddle the fruit and add the ice.
    — Amanda Mesa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Sign up to get an inside guide to the movers, shakers and lawmakers who shape the Golden State.
    — Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • After that, get out your shaker and combine the coffee or espresso with the Licor 43 and ice.
    — Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Add them to a cocktail shaker with ice and gin, shake well, pour over ice, and top with a cucumber slice. 6.
    — Women's Health, 14 June 2023
  • No cocktail shaker needed—the half-and-half drink is served without any ice.
    — Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
  • In cocktail shaker, combine gin, Grand Marnier, lemon juice, and egg white.
    — Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2022
  • The people who were money makers, and shakers, and bakers in the cities didn’t want to live in the inner city anymore.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The shaker comes with a mixing spoon and jigger for easy portion-sizing.
    — Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Add 1 ounce Off Hours Bourbon, 1/2 ounce lemon juice and 4 ounces of apple cider to your cocktail shaker.
    — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023
  • As any bartender will tell you, a cocktail flung back and forth over ice inside a shaker gets cold very fast.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 15 June 2023

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