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  • At full throttle in the Super Sport, the world comes at you in one ferocious, howling, soul-shaking, Newtonian sneeze.

    The New Bugatti: Waiting for Superman No More 2010

  • Steven Spielberg made both of these soul-shaking films in the first half of the decade.

    Top 10 Movies of the Decade » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • And you're right about the Soldier Son trilogy...it's 'soul-shaking'.

    “Dragon Keeper” by Robin Hobb (Reviewed by Robert Thompson) Robert 2010

  • After the unsuccessful audition, Hobbs spies Adler lurching down the sidewalk and sobbing softly to himself while filled with the soul-shaking despair most folks reserve for the death of a child.

    My Year of Flops Nathan Rabin 2010

  • Later we learn that his clothing is his soldier's uniform, from which he has torn all the insignia and pockets: a physical representation of Dorn's soul-shaking decision to become a priest.

    Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010

  • From the Dada ranks come Jammer and Offshore and a live band-accompanied performance from Dels, as well as Juice Aleem and Bang On. Roots Manuva's very own gaggle, Banana Klan, will also be airing their wares with Ahmos, The Illersapiens, Lucy Pink, Oliver Night, Ricky Ranking & DJ Rebel 'i' all stopping by to teach the gathered punters – or should that be pupils – a thing or two about soul-shaking sonics.

    Clubs picks of the week 2010

  • He began to get some glimmering of a possibility, a possibility that was unsettling, soul-shaking.

    Destiny Narrowly Avoided 2010

  • This shared-world anthology is a collection of exciting and frightening tales which all combine to tell an epic account that runs the gamut from true soul-shaking horror to wry and ironic takes on the end of reality as we know it.

    New Release – Sha’Daa: Tales of the Apocalypse « Dark Whispers 2009

  • This shared-world anthology is a collection of exciting and frightening tales which all combine to tell an epic account that runs the gamut from true soul-shaking horror to wry and ironic takes on the end of reality as we know it.

    2009 August « Dark Whispers 2009

  • We all of us, rich and poor and everywhere in between, experience a new, gut-wrenching kind of fear; we feel a new, soul-shaking kind of vulnerability.

    My Bad Mother, Keeping Me On My Toes | Her Bad Mother 2007

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