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Definition of Quakings
1. quaking [n] - See also: quaking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quakings
Literary usage of Quakings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1909)
"The so-called " origins " of the oceanic quakings are most frequently the steep
borders of the great sea troughs where the greatest depths have been ..."
2. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America by Seismological Society of America (1917)
"On the morn of the fateful day the quakings diminished somewhat between I and 3
am, reviving afterwards until noon. The strongest shock was felt at 5:3O am ..."
3. Monthly Review (1821)
"I had just ended what is said above, The stranger too was just about replying,
My fears and quakings too I felt improve,' — J8H : — but anger sometimes ..."
4. The Emotions and the Will by Alexander Bain (1888)
"quakings of fear. On the other hand, evils that are only possible or probable,
while in nature and amount they are uncertain, operate severely as causes of ..."
5. The History of Alexander the Great, Being the Syriac Version of the Pseudo by Pseudo-Callisthenes, Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge (1889)
"435 The Lord says, " In that the seven thousandth year Shall there be rumours
and dire quakings in all countries. Sin and wickedness and all evil things ..."
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