has quailed

• present perfect

  present perfect

  Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.

  of quail (3rd person singular).
  quail

  noun

  any of numerous gallinaceous birds, order Galliformes, classified as either Old World quails, within the pheasant family (Phasinidae), especially the genus Coturnix, or the distantly related New World quails, comprising their own family (Odontophoridae), including the genera Colinus, Callipepla, and Odontophorus : among the most familiar true quails are the Old World king quail and the New World bobwhite.

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has quailed

Manufacturing, which has quailed in the face of higher interest rates and a slowdown in goods consumption, has been essentially level since the beginning of the year.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

Many a great statesman has quailed before the ringer of scorn of a fellow-Congressman, and has been completely cowed by a hiss from the gallery or a ridiculing paragraph in a newspaper.

From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Orison Swett Marden

Many a champion has quailed before my very glance.

From Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley

She has gone forth like a warrior With pricking glaive and spear, And Grief has quailed in his ambush When her flashing arms drew near.

From Two Fishers, and Other Poems by Herbert Edward Palmer

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