quailing

The position should command, if nothing else, a certain quailing respect.

Haste Makes Waste 2005

Denny quailed – though he said he did not – but then he doesn't know what quailing is, and if Denny did not quail then Oswald does not know what quailing is either.

The Wouldbegoods Edith 1901

It was the pulpit and the manuscript, the spoken and the written word quailing before the printed word—something of the stupefaction of the sparrow at beholding the Heavenly Host spread their six million wings.

II. This Will Destroy That. Book V 1917

I fear he is doomed to remain a chicken -- quailing, frightened, and small.

Katie Amatruda: How I Navigated The Four Stages Of Divorce Katie Amatruda 2011

I fear he is doomed to remain a chicken -- quailing, frightened, and small.

Katie Amatruda: How I Navigated The Four Stages Of Divorce Katie Amatruda 2011

It's about not following the herd, it's about pushing boundaries, knowing where the rules are just so you can change them - and never quailing from doing something new, something huge, something not dared before.

MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 1) 2009

Big labor decided to teach her—and all Democratic members of Congress who were quailing at the prospect of voting for card check—a lesson.

Thoughts on yesterday’s primaries 2010

Above us, Brath stood quailing in a knot of elder Gihugeics.

An Heroic Tale in an Enormous Tomb « A Fly in Amber 2008

Instead of quailing before the supposedly prickly issue of immigration, Reid pivoted off Arizona's drama to propose a framework for national reform.

Ari Melber: Democrats Will Be Better Off if Reid Loses 2010

Web entrepreneur Arianna Huffington slammed old media at a political conference in New York today, assailing reporters for abandoning the pursuit of truth in favor of a "fake neutrality" and quailing in the face of government intimidation.

Huffington Hails Obsessive Compulsive Media (PDF08 blogging) 2008