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Those brave shoulders wide and strong,    Many a Dane had quaked to see,    Never a phantom fair as he,— Wife of Glendu gazed so long.

From The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems by Shorter, Dora Sigerson

Stuart, himself, had quaked on this score, and had seized on this ingenious device only as a last resort.

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles

None could affirm that she had trembled or blushed, that her heart had quaked or her nerves thrilled; none could prove emotion; a greeting showing less effusion was never interchanged.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

Jack and Bill, who had quaked at the thoughts of being made prisoners by the soldiers, now began to have better hope of escaping.

From From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure by Webb, Archibald

For the rashness of those parents he had groaned, for their ill assortment he had quaked, and for the misfortunes of these he had died.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas