Quailed
[kweɪld]
Examples
- Mr. Pickwick paused, and looked steadily on Mr. Winkle, who quailed beneath his leader's searching glance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I quailed momentarily--then I rallied. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Solomon proceeds to murder his brother, who has sought the throne but quailed and made submission. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But then, his arm was so strong, she quailed under its powerful close grasp. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I knew not how it was, but they cowed and frightened me; and I quailed beneath them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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