Example Sentences
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My heart quailed at the idea of sharing a roof with her again, all of us swept up in the tornado vortex of her illness.
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2022
Naturally Helberg quailed at the thought of taking on Jimmy Stewart’s iconic role?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2018
No, wait: She quailed at confronting the Islamic State.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2016
"Audiences quailed at the monsters, imagining that they were plausible consequences of radiation."
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2012
If Sam could have seen him and known the grief that his escape would bring, he might have quailed.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
