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Example sentences for "quaked"

Lexicographically close words:
quaintly; quaintness; quais; quaite; quake; quakes; quaking; quakings; qual; qualche
  1. Then something quaked in Madala, Quaked with magic, quaked with awe.

  2. Like a reed in a river so he quaked and trembled, and there went out from him a moaning like the moaning of winds through deep woods or desolate glens, or over the waste places of the earth when darkness is abroad.

  3. Earth quaked to the growling of that ill beast.

  4. Ireland quaked from the centre to the sea.

  5. Now Annie was caught, and had to listen to him whether she would or not, while she and not he quaked with fright and agitation.

  6. The shock was so frightful to an old woman accustomed for many years to exhaust herself by voluntary abstinence, that she quaked in every limb and felt a terrible pain in her back.

  7. Anybody might have quaked at the aspect of that face, almost as broad as it was long, and bearing no more signs of good-nature, in spite of its roundness, than that of the dreadful King Henry VIII.

  8. At that period a warrior, a lover even, every man quaked at the word "magic.

  9. My dear sir," the good man went on, looking at Wilfrid, "many a winter night have I quaked in every limb while reading the tremendous works in which this man sets forth the greatest marvels in perfect good faith.

  10. At the sight of the stranger the old furrier quaked visibly, but the visitor had time to lay a finger on his lips.

  11. At this the Mayor and Corporation Quaked with a mighty consternation.

  12. I Berold was clinging anear; I prayed for myself and quaked with fear, But I saw his eyes as he looked at her.

  13. Even now the man quaked not, standing proud and erect.

  14. My heart quaked at the long prospect of waiting, and I knew from sad experience that it was no use to look for much in answer to writing.

  15. The wretched man quaked when his son stood before him, and fearing he had come to take vengeance for his mother, the miserable coward took refuge in denial, insulting the woman he had ruined in her grave.

  16. Because a deep darkness had fallen upon him all alone in a mountain-cave, and he quaked before the mystery of man's troubled life.

  17. Woods--into whose inmost recesses we should have quaked alone to penetrate, in his company were glad as gardens, through their most awful umbrage; and there was beauty in the shadows of the old oaks.

  18. Vincenzio Romoli, who quaked like an aspen-leaf, looked after the perfumes.

  19. Then earth Was by Poseidon chasm-cleft: up rushed Deluge of water, slime and sand, while quaked Sigeum with the mighty shock, and roared The beach and the foundations of the land Dardanian.

  20. Swiftly drew Earth-shaker nigh In mist celestial cloaked: about his feet Quaked the dark earth as came the Sea-king on.

  21. Round them the wide sea thundered, the dark earth Quaked 'neath immortal feet.

  22. Terror fell Upon the hearts of those Immortals: quaked The limbs of all--ay, deathless though they were!

  23. Earth quaked beneath her feet: dread blasts of fire Flamed from her mouth: her voice pealed thunder-like Kindling strong men.

  24. Yet the girl never once quaked beneath the stings of the poisonous insects.

  25. She quaked with fear, and well she might, for the Wolf said to her, "Mare, I am going to devour you!

  26. In a little while the Falcon-emperor came home, and the whole city quaked with the tumult of his approach.

  27. He leaned forward somewhat on a staff, and as he spoke his entire shapeless and nearly helpless form quaked with the effort.

  28. The rotten joists beneath the bare scrubbed-to-death floor quaked under Narcisse's to-and-fro stride.

  29. So I made towards it, though my heart quaked for all I had suffered first and last, and behold it was a company of men gathering pepper-grains.

  30. He waited for her a long while as she hid herself behind the wall; and she came forth, with the foulest of favours; which when he saw, his hair stood on end and he quaked for fear of her and he turned deadly pale.

  31. Then he found the door, feeling for it with his hands and went out roaring aloud; and behold, the earth shook under us, for the noise of his roaring, and we quaked for fear.

  32. It must be confessed that, in spite of his long association with the British aristocracy, the bosom of the valiant Russell heaved with strange emotions, and his heart quaked with unusual throes, at the prospect of this interview.

  33. At this Harry's heart quaked within him for fear of Katie.

  34. She quaked and terror was sore upon her when she looked at that frightful form and her tongue being tied she could not return aught reply, never having been accustomed to espy similar semblances.

  35. And when at last he flung open the doors of his private office and loudly summoned Hood, that capable and generally fearless individual quaked with dire foreboding.

  36. So off she set and ran and ran, and they knew she was coming, for the earth quaked and yawned beneath her.

  37. In a little time the creaking began again, and the earth quaked so that all the hay flew about the boy.

  38. Stuart, himself, had quaked on this score, and had seized on this ingenious device only as a last resort.

  39. The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

  40. The Persians quaked at her constancy, and the Medes at her boldness.

  41. And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom: and the earth quaked and the rocks were rent.

  42. His knees quaked under him, at that sight, for he realized that the lovely lady was no other than a mermaid!

  43. Mr. Hardie quaked internally: but he hid it grandly, and once more was a Spartan gnawed beneath his robe by this little fox.

  44. Still Alfred quaked when he crossed his thighs tight over a limb of the tree forty feet from earth, and went carefully and minutely through the whole process of furling imaginary sails.

  45. When the prince heard this, his skin quaked and he cried out at them with a cry that made them tremble.

  46. It seemed an impossible feat, and his heart quaked within him as he counted those fearful odds.

  47. Like beaten hounds, that dastardly crew cowered before the man whom they had wronged, and every heart quaked with fear.


  48. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quaked" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.