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quaking

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verb

present participle of quake

quaking

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noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quaking
Verb
  • Weak to light shaking was detected, and people in multiple cities - such as Huntington Beach, Winchester, Menifee and Sun City - reported feeling the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Homes of political party members and state buildings were ransacked or set ablaze, shaking investor confidence in the Southeast Asian economy and triggering a steep selloff on its stocks and currency markets on Friday.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Still, the cluster exhibited a subtle trembling motion while it was held in place.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The White House will be well aware of this fact, particularly in an environment where fiscally conservative Republicans will be shuddering at Uncle Sam’s $37 trillion (and growing) national debt.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The shuddering horror of the Coldplay couple.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • That week’s host, Emily Blunt, did the trembly voice-over.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020
Noun
  • The rest of the quintet — vocalist Dexter Holland, bassist Todd Morse, multi-instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy and drummer Brandon Pertzborn — then joined in for a rocking (yet, sadly, abbreviated) take on that same album’s legendary title track.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The story follows a Jewish family across five generations, from childhood to adulthood, blending laughs and tear-jerking moments, just like in Bob-Waksberg’s other shows.
    Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Tear-jerking purple prose designed to make a Baby Boomer nostalgic and sad.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This zoo of proposals all introduce new effects outside the horizon that should change how a vibrating black hole emits gravitational waves.
    Matt von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The tightly wound tension is maintained also by Volker Bertelmann’s propulsive score, which starts with ominous juddering groans and keeps shapeshifting throughout.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Quaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quaking. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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