Verb (used without object) : He spoke boldly even though his legs were quaking. ,The earth suddenly began to quake. From Dictionary.com.
The term quaking bog is derived from the quaking sensation one feels while walking across these floating vegetative mats. From Wordnik.com. [Wetland classifications] Reference
It's the only "quaking" bog in Illinois to have an open water center. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-10-01] Reference
The Volo Bog, the only "quaking" bog in Illinois to have an open water center. From Wordnik.com. [The bog] Reference
The name "quaking" was given because it is for ever shaking its leaves; the slightest wind sets them all rustling. From Wordnik.com. [Woodland Tales] Reference
The slave-holder's heart now with terror is quaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberty Minstrel] Reference
I distinctly do not want to live in quaking countries!. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Hrothgar's Thane, and full strongly then set he a-quaking. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
The mixture sought was one that would ram without quaking. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The quaking aspen is the only deciduous tree that is abundant. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Men pump their fists to the earth-quaking rumble of "Lock It.". From Wordnik.com. [Fans flock to reunion show of go-go legends Rare Essence] Reference
Kitty went to it on tiptoe, quaking at the thought of burglars. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
A cry rises in the high halls; Rumour riots down the quaking city. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
"I came to get licked," she answered steadily, though quaking inwardly. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
But the quaking intellect they were striving to reach had not forgotten!. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
Never, it seemed to the quaking boys, had the desert night seemed so black. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
Terrified, quaking, not even a little friend to comfort them on their climb. From Wordnik.com. [A Hug from Rumpelbitchkin] Reference
So with quaking limbs they hurried to the dimly-lighted study where the haggard. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
Here is the common quaking grass, with its slender, smooth, spreading branches. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
"Well, when's it going to stop quaking?" asked Sam, springing out of the wagon. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
He went through thickets of juniper, and had to go around clumps of quaking asp. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
And then, starting menacingly toward the quaking captain, said he, imperatively. From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
And into the quaking hands of McGuire he poured a chinking stream of gold pieces. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
Again Peace came to the earth with an abruptness that left her breathless and quaking. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
That, understandably, has got Italian parents -- well off or not -- quaking in their boots. From Wordnik.com. [Married To The Mom] Reference
Many a man has marched to the scaffold with a less quaking heart than he to the "Packhorse.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
These, with the quaking ash and cottonwood along the streams, are the only woods of Montana. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
So she nerved herself, and went on to La Marmotte's room, though it was with a quaking heart. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
Again there was a noise like a thunder storm, and the palace shook as if the earth was quaking. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
I would as soon have poplar, basswood, or quaking ash as any other kind of timber for fence posts. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
Shiloh, quaking, but brave, was pulled in, giving the tiny spark of her little life to add to the Big Thing's fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
I have passed through these northern lands, from the windswept ways of Alclwyd to the quaking marshes of the Humber. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Here and there were thick clumps of quaking asp, mountain birch, and on the creek banks were choke cherries and plum trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheep Eaters] Reference
Before the breeze we scour the seas, our vessel low and raking, and men who find our ship behind in mortal fear are quaking. From Wordnik.com. [Rippling Rhymes] Reference
Accordingly, these witnesses, dressed in their best, stood with the others in the hall, and made their obeisances, quaking inwardly. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
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