Verb She was quaking with rage. The explosion made the whole house quake. Noun the quake registered 6.5 on the Richter scale, causing widespread damage
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Paintings are broken down into bits and pieces, which then quake, or dissolve, or morph into one thing or another. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2022 The slow pace of emergency aid distribution has flustered international charities, which partly attribute delays to quake damage and the effects of Tropical Storm Grace.Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2021 Bailey doesn’t bow and quake before each of Roth’s dozens of works.Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2021 Generally in Utah, earthquakes greater than magnitude 5 happen once every 10 years, and quakes greater than magnitude 6 happen once every 50 years, the USGS says. Jason Hanna And Konstantin Toropin, CNN, 18 Mar. 2020 The East Bay and San Benito County quakes were not related and are not part of the same fault system.Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019 The Sox, accused of using their video replay room to steal signs under Cora in 2018, should be quaking in their cleats. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020 The book, which is slim and focussed, quakes with a nervous energy that often erupts into euphoria. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019 Who dropped his Doritos with quaking hands and a quivering lip when Lady Edith Crawley (Laura Carmichael) was left at the altar?BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2019
Noun
After the quake, the United Nations appealed for $187 million. Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 After the quake, the Japan Meteorological Agency kept their tsunami warning level low, while the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no longer a threat, according to AP. Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Mar. 2022 No casualties were reported three hours after the quake, and the extent of damage is not yet known. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2022 No tsunami warning was issued after the quake, the National Weather Service said Saturday evening.Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2022 Statewide, economic output is expected to drop $44.2 billion, or 4.2%, during the first six months after the quake. Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2021 The trains resumed operation more than two hours after the quake. Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Julia Mio Inuma, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2021 Large, accessible trees near the coastline were like gold for loggers who colonized the area in the centuries after the quake. Max G. Levy, Wired, 23 Sep. 2021 Eight days after the quake, 20 adults and four children reported missing were found. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old English cwacian
First Known Use
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1