Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Shook

Shook like a strong oak in a blast.
—Anonymous

Shook it like a terrier with a rat.
—Thomas Hood

Shook as one that looks on death.
—Jean Ingelow

Like bullrushes on side of brook,
Or aspen leaf, her joints all shook.
—William King

Shook like windy weeds.
—Henry W. Longfellow

Shook like custards.
—Ouida

Shook as the quivering plumes upon the hearse.
—Edgar Allan Poe

Shook like a spied spy.
—Edgar Allan Poe

Shook … like cold jelly.
—Charles Reade

Shook like an autumn leaf.
—Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Shook … like shingle at the ocean’s mercy.
—John Ruskin

Shook, like reeds beside a frozen brook.
—Sir Walter Scott

Shook, like the Aspen leaves in the wind.
—Sir Walter Scott

Shook like a palsied limb.
—Robert Southey

Shook like loosened music.
—Francis Thompson

Her waving hair shook like music.
—Francis Thompson

Shook like a poppy-field.
—Walter Thornbury

Shook, as the blackbird’s throat
With its last big note.
—Oscar Wilde