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How to use rocked in a sentence

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In the past two months, the fund industry has been rocked by allegations of ethical lapses.
While my musical strength may be in the Classical realm, I also know that Little Richard really rocked in his day.
Despite the odd venue choice, Billy Corgan and his openers still rocked out.
His Uncle Milton Ant Farm rocked the novelty world when it was launched in 1956, and since then more than 20 million units have sold.
I rocked up a bit early, as I realised that they were squeezing me in, and almost walked straight through.
Borneo has been rocked by ethnic tension between Dayaks and Madurese for many years.
Outside, an ear-splitting crash of thunder rocked the sky, echoing the visual blast of lightning.
It wasn't a ghost that rocked up at the Veterinary Clinic in Selborne, 10 days ago.
As the hours slowly passed, he rocked back and forth, muttering prayers first in Latin, then in Gaelic, then in English.
She rocked the gleaming harp towards her, nestling it into its accustomed spot on her right shoulder.
I slid into the seat, all too aware of the fact that all conversation had died the second I'd rocked up to the table.
I've been living abroad for three years now but when I lived in Melbourne this was the only place I rocked up to on a Sunday.
Three explosions rocked a business park as a huge fire destroyed a garden ornament factory.
His head rocked arrhythmically from side to side, eyes glazed with the idiot stare of deep immersion.
Taking a deep breath of his own, Patrick looked over at his mother as she slowly rocked back and forth, counting the beads of her rosary.
The ship rocked and the candles wavered precariously, on the edge of shrouding them in darkness.
In recent times the town has been rocked by criminal activities which have resulted in some people being killed in cold blood by roughnecks.
I rocked back on my heels and pretended to be offended, though the effect was probably ruined by the badly suppressed grin on my face.
At that moment a strong gust of wind rocked the Weston house, and the lights flickered and then electricity failed.
Particular thanks go to the Summerland Rockers who jived and rocked their hearts out to a very appreciative audience.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The tent rocked and bellied, bellied and flapped with reverberations like drum-beats.
The catboat rocked at its moorings, and there was no trace of how Nita had departed.
He awoke on the stone in a world that rocked as sea-boats rock on a choppy sea.
The sound was so intense that it fairly rocked the Secret Room to its furthermost cranny.
It seemed to the young couple as if they were being rocked on a sea of verdure.
Poor Shelby's nerves were so rocked that he condescended to complain to the clerk.
A soundless gasp, a flash of dismay rocked him, but neither was his gasp nor his dismay.
The body is rocked from side to side for a short time, and then it stiffens.
The wind rose to a regular gale and the wagon rocked like a cockleshell on a choppy sea.
The amnion in fact begins to pulsate slowly and rhythmically, and by its pulsation the embryo is rocked to and fro in the egg.
Angus swears the second one rocked the dug out so his mess kit slid right offen the table.
It is a bath that can be rocked, or inclined in any direction, for its center rests upon a ball-and-socket joint.
On the beach, there was quite a movement, but that might be seaweed rocked by the tide.
She held him closer round the neck, and rocked him on her breast like a child.
She covered her face, and rocked to and fro like one in the throes of a deep suffering.
The thunderclap which seemed to come simultaneously, rocked the plane like a feather.
Chivers, with the pot still in his hands, fairly rocked in the high wind of so much confidence and such great transactions.
A minute there was silence, except for the soft creak of Her dress as She rocked him.
Their cradle had been rocked to the murmurous roar of London traffic.
And so it is that an incarnation of the great man's Wailers rocked up on a wintry night in Newcastle to cheer us with some Jamaican rhythms.
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