quake
verb (used without object)
(of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like.
have quaked
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present perfectof quake.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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We do not read whether Ahab was present or not, but if he were he must have quaked with blended sentiments of curiosity and fear.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02 Jewish Heroes and Prophets by John Lord
Were there no Creator, I must needs have quaked before the hidden chords of agony which are stretched in man and at which a malignant being might storm.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
The Duke of Marlborough is said to have quaked in the saddle as he rode into action, saying: "This poor body trembles at what the mind within is about to do."
From Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.
Bill may have quaked inwardly as he listened to this epic but outwardly he was unmoved.
From Indiscretions of Archie by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Carpenter's sons they are, who have laid down the Law of a World for milleniums to come; or simple Corsicans, before whose eagle eye have quaked the kingdoms of the earth.
From The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck
