quaking
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Manchester City prevailed in a nine-goal feast at Fulham thanks to the sort of attacking display that would normally have title rivals quaking in their boots.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
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
The role is so glorious that he almost breaks character when he begins quaking in earnest.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024
Treinen was hardly quaking in his cleats, despite the fine mess he had gotten himself into.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2024
We were head-on now, voices raised, concert over, bodies quaking.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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