quake
verb (used without object)
(of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like.
quakingly
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a word derived from
quake.
Example Sentences
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High five to her agent for the maximize-the-moment strategy, because Corrin’s quakingly vulnerable take on Diana, Princess of Wales, for the line readings caught “The Crown” producers’ eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
But I believed every moment of Radcliffe’s committed performance, from his faultless American accent to the way he quakingly argues his character’s case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2018
What are we New Yorkers, and our representatives in Congress, so quakingly afraid of?
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2010
Then she reverted to her old rough & tumble with a comic song called He Forgot to Come Back, wherein she quakingly called for "Hennerry."
From Time Magazine Archive
But, Aunt," I persisted, quakingly, "couldn't I go alone?
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
