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

"Sure enough, the quaking started to happen," Mr Manaugh said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

The role is so glorious that he almost breaks character when he begins quaking in earnest.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024

We were head-on now, voices raised, concert over, bodies quaking.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx