quaking

Example Sentences

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The most well known buyout mavens relished their role as so-called raiders who could leave some of the biggest companies in corporate America quaking.

From New York Times

Proud, hard, alone, with a cord of violence quaking below his impassivity, he lives in a small bleak house and lives a small bleak life.

From New York Times

Her voice quaking with anger and despair, the pop star Britney Spears has asked repeatedly in court to be freed from the conservatorship that has controlled her money and personal life for 13 years.

From New York Times

She and Albert woke up to quaking walls, the chandelier dancing violently from the ceiling, and what sounded like a freight train flying by their room.

From BBC

From Ciani’s crystalline reveries to Amacher’s quaking drones, the sounds they made from these influences and technological advancements turned out to be as varied as the women themselves.

From New York Times