quake
verb (used without object)
(of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like.
am quaking
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present progressiveof quake (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But I am quaking as I make my way up the stairs to the stage.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
"Oh," laughed the girl a little nervously, "you do not know how I am quaking inwardly."
From A Mating in the Wilds by Ottwell Binns
I wore out my body's endurance, and now I am quaking like a boy.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
"Ah, how can I, when I am quaking like a jelly with my terror?"
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
