- present participle of quake.
quaking
Example Sentences
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But while Wembanyama is having the time of his life, every other team in the league is quaking in its boots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Troubles, however, are also quaking on the offensive side of America’s nuclear-weapons enterprise—specifically, the program to build a new land-based intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sentinel, to replace the 400 current ICBMs, known as Minuteman IIIs.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2025
The role is so glorious that he almost breaks character when he begins quaking in earnest.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024
Treinen was hardly quaking in his cleats, despite the fine mess he had gotten himself into.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
Wild picked his way carefully over the quaking deck and found William Bakewell and Walter How asleep from exhaustion.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
