Example Sentences

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I’m sure many an old time DJ were quaking in their boots when they saw him heading outside while his show was still on.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2020

Some of the best performances surrounding this year’s Globes were in the prebroadcast promotion, which acted as if Hollywood were quaking at the thought of Mr. Gervais’s scathing return.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2016

“Our parents were quaking with fear while we were having a great time.”

From Newsweek • Jul. 16, 2012

They were quaking, but did not venture to budge, for fear of being bitten.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave

I Dreamt of Robin I opened the casement this morn at starlight,   And, the moment I got out of bed, The daisies were quaking about in their white   And the cowslip was nodding its head.

From Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by Clare, John