quake
verb (used without object)
(of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like.
was quaking
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past progressiveof quake.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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With the Chiefs rallying, Arrowhead Stadium was quaking with noise.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Keith Hennessy was quaking in his underwear, wobbling atop a tall stack of foam blocks when he said, “I’m doing this on purpose.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2012
There was quaking concern in the Stanford section before the Rose Bowl kick split the uprights, and we openly speculated on what kind of pregame rituals Garcia participated in.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2011
Last week South Africa was quaking slightly, after a series of strikes that crippled the port city of Durban.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frodo was hardly less terrified than his companions; he was quaking as if he was bitter cold, but his terror was swallowed up in a sudden temptation to put on the Ring.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
