I had been shaking from cold vs I had shaken from cold

Both phrases are correct, but they convey slightly different meanings. 'I had been shaking from cold' implies a continuous action of shaking due to cold, while 'I had shaken from cold' suggests a completed action of shaking caused by cold. The choice between the two depends on the specific context and the intended meaning.

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I had been shaking from cold

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate a continuous action of shaking due to cold.

This phrase is used to describe a state of continuous shaking that was ongoing in the past as a result of feeling cold.

Examples:

I had been shaking from cold for hours before I finally warmed up.
By the time they found me, I had been shaking from cold for so long that I could barely speak.

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All this shaking and all this cold.
I'D BEEN SHAKING LIKE I HAD THE DT's FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, BUT LOOK NOW
My hand has been shaking for three months.
We might as well have been shaking hands.
Elke asked me why my knees have been shaking so badly lately.
She's been shaking the whole way here.
My hands have been shaking a lot, and I...
You've certainly been shaking things up around here.
I've been shaking things up a bit.
The poor thing's been shaking for hours.
The poor thing's been shaking for hours.
Your hands have been shaking since I met you.
You're practically shaking from Matty withdrawal.
You've been shaking your cap and bells all over town.
Then we found out he'd been shaking beans in a basket.
See, I-I have this amazing woman in my life that's been shaking things up.
I'm also aware that my hands are shaking from low blood sugar 'cause I haven't eaten all day.
My hand is shaking from laughing so hard. I can't even sign it.
She's shaking from all of her body aches, which is unusual.
- How long has your hand been shaking?

Alternatives:

I had been shivering from the cold
I had been trembling from the cold
I had been quaking from the cold
I had been shuddering from the cold
I had been quivering from the cold

I had shaken from cold

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate a completed action of shaking caused by cold.

This phrase is used to describe a specific instance of shaking that occurred in the past due to feeling cold.

Examples:

After I fell into the icy water, I had shaken from cold for hours.
When they found me, I had shaken from cold and could barely move.

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We remained excluded from every great event that had shaken it.
The African war had shaken him up and made him angry.
It was as though Charlotte herself had shaken it out of the sky.
Apples for pressing can therefore be shaken from the tree and then picked up from the ground.
Least of all could it have been that my fancy, shaken from its half slumber, had mistaken the head for that of a living person.
One would think that one could grab a few miserable arns of sleep without being shaken from one's bed.
But as he was about to put his signature on the Proclamation his own hand was numb and shaking because he had shaken a thousand hands that morning at a New Year's reception.
They even had to touch someone who had touched... who had shaken hands with Ayrton Senna.
With the community still shaken from last year's Slater's Quarry tragedy,
Yes. No, too cool, I suffer from colds.
You don't get sick from cold.
If keeps me from cold and rain, even fire.
From Cold War warrior to analyzer of sneaker goo.
It is quite unlikely that his world order will be shaken from within.
You don't get sick from cold.
Fillet from cold seas, virgin sauce and rare vegetables.
I think he has too much imagination as distinct from cold calculation.
In these homes one suffers not only from hunger but also from cold.
CTHS, except from cold-rolled products of heading 7225
It's a delivery system for prions - protein-based infections that'll eventually allow us to cure everything from colds to cancer.

Alternatives:

I had shivered from the cold
I had trembled from the cold
I had quaked from the cold
I had shuddered from the cold
I had quivered from the cold

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I had been shaking from cold vs I had shaken from cold