Example Sentences

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I doubt the Kremlin will be quaking in its clogs over such an answer.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

We wouldn’t have thought M&S’s competitors in non-food will be quaking in their boots.”

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 26, 2011

Well, I'm off to the station, and I hope in half an hour's time Master Redstone will be quaking.'

From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary