quaking

/ ˈkweɪkɪŋ /

adjective

1. unstable or unsafe to walk on, as a bog or quicksand

   a quaking bog

   quaking sands

Example Sentences

Even when Keenan scored, there was a television match official check that would have had every Lions fan quaking in their boots.

From BBC

The Labour leadership won't be quaking in its boots when attacked by the Left.

From BBC

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

The role is so glorious that he almost breaks character when he begins quaking in earnest.

From Salon

Treinen was hardly quaking in his cleats, despite the fine mess he had gotten himself into.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• insecure 
• jittery 
• nervous 
• precarious 
• rickety 
• rocky 
• unsettled 
• unstable 
• unsteady 
• weak 
• wobbly