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At no period of his life had he ever behaved with anything but the most scrupulous correctness himself, but he had quailed at the idea of being associated even remotely with incorrectness in another.

From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Was this the Great Man the Leader, indomitable, of Roman integrity, of Roman valour, before whose voice whole conventions had quailed?

From The Octopus : A story of California by Norris, Frank

She had heretofore encountered the hardships of her journey, and borne herself through the trials, so unaccustomed to her sex, with a spirit that had quailed before no obstacle.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

Parson Fair had been sternly indignant, and his daughter had quailed before him, and then had come the news concerning Burr.

From Madelon A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

He saw this with surprise: for Corvino had quailed before his challenge with a look of the most resentful malice.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne