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quaking

adjective as in wobbling

noun as in fright

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I doubt the Kremlin will be quaking in its clogs over such an answer.

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Even when Keenan scored, there was a television match official check that would have had every Lions fan quaking in their boots.

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The Labour leadership won't be quaking in its boots when attacked by the Left.

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He sounded quite irritated that they were asking him about such trivialities when he is the one who has world leaders quaking in their boots as he re-makes the whole world in his image.

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

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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