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18 example sentences for QUAIL, such as:
1. The minister quailed before this outburst of sarcasm.
2. When he saw Hughes bending over with pain, his courage quailed.
3. She only shook her own head at him, but in a way that made him quail.
4. The three mates quailed before his strong, sustained, and mystic aspect.
5. The Cowardly Lion was so afraid that he would quail in the face of danger.
2. When he saw Hughes bending over with pain, his courage quailed.
3. She only shook her own head at him, but in a way that made him quail.
4. The three mates quailed before his strong, sustained, and mystic aspect.
5. The Cowardly Lion was so afraid that he would quail in the face of danger.
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Meanings and Examples of QUAIL
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quail
v. draw back, as with fear or pain; show fear
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1 They were always ready to forget their troubles at home, and to run away with me over the prairie, scaring rabbits or starting up flocks of quail.
2 He knew that he would no more quail before his guides wherever they should point.
3 His breath came with difficulty, and when he tried his heart with his hands he could feel it fluttering like a quail caught in a net.
4 In the rye the quail would be calling, and, in the grass, the corncrake, and over them would be wheeling flocks of twittering linnets.
5 She only shook her own head at him, but in a way that made him quail.
6 Then, came a loud knocking at the door, and then a hoarse murmur from such a multitude of angry voices as would have made the boldest quail.
7 "American novels," answered Lord Henry, helping himself to some quail.
8 I am no coward, to shrink before the rugged rush of the storm, nor even quail before the awful shadow of the Veil.
9 The Phaeacians quailed beneath the rushing of its flight as it sped gracefully from his hand, and flew beyond any mark that had been made yet.
10 Then Minerva from her seat on the rafter held up her deadly aegis, and the hearts of the suitors quailed.
11 The three mates quailed before his strong, sustained, and mystic aspect.
12 When he saw Hughes bending over with pain, his courage quailed.
13 The minister quailed before this outburst of sarcasm.
14 Melanie rose to her feet, confused, her heart quailing at the thought of confronting Rhett.
15 Near a minute these two bold and untamed spirits stood regarding one another steadily in the eye, neither quailing in the least before the fierce gaze he encountered.
Example Sentence:
1 The Cowardly Lion was so afraid that he would quail in the face of danger.
2 One of the big issues in raising quail is that predators eat the young birds about as fast as you can release them.