quaky

Example Sentences

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Some said "The Kid" had been overworked by the turnstile-wooing Indians; others said he had become quaky on his pinnacle of fame.

From Time Magazine Archive

Elsey saved a couple of papers with the President's signature; firm, strong in 1942, quaky and feeble by 1945.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was kind of quaky, too, I admit, going along, getting nearer and nearer all the time.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"Like treading among the stars," he said, with a quaky laugh.

From Sons and Lovers by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Presently I saw someone coming towards me mounted on a jolly fine horse, and I felt quaky from my hat right down to my boots.

From The Adventurous Seven Their Hazardous Undertaking by Marchant, Bessie