quaking
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Troubles, however, are also quaking on the offensive side of America’s nuclear-weapons enterprise—specifically, the program to build a new land-based intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sentinel, to replace the 400 current ICBMs, known as Minuteman IIIs.
From Slate • Sep. 16, 2025
Even when Keenan scored, there was a television match official check that would have had every Lions fan quaking in their boots.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
He sounded quite irritated that they were asking him about such trivialities when he is the one who has world leaders quaking in their boots as he re-makes the whole world in his image.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2025
Treinen was hardly quaking in his cleats, despite the fine mess he had gotten himself into.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2024
Standing baffled, quaking with fear, three feet from the edge of a nightmare cliff, I find myself, incredibly, moving toward it.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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