quaking
Example Sentences
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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
Even when Keenan scored, there was a television match official check that would have had every Lions fan quaking in their boots.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
The role is so glorious that he almost breaks character when he begins quaking in earnest.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024
Seismologists in the region must have been alarmed by the quaking activity that occurred at Wednesday’s opening when Betts heaved all her might into Evillene’s “Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Inside, Roy was quaking with terror but on the outside he remained calm and motionless.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
