Had he not been trying to keep a brave front, Damien may have quailed beneath the glare his leader. |
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I admit that I quailed ever so slightly at the prospect of actually going to the top. |
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I quailed at the prospect, but soon saw in it a stimulating, even noble challenge. |
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So I stayed there, and the cat joined me, and we quailed and quaked and waited for it to stop. |
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This is the supreme test and England have quailed at the very thought of it. |
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Despite their name, quarry tiles are made, not quailed, from a mixture of natural ingredients including clay and shale. |
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I quailed at the thought of a long train journey with a small baby. |
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In 1938, as Austria's leaders quailed before the Anschluss, the Habsburgs' scion offered to return and rally resistance. |
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Even a substantial and resilient figure would have quailed in such a situation. |
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In the 1930s, when they anticipated that cost, many politicians quailed. |
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So great is the weight of expectation and reputation they bring before them, lesser bands have quailed at the prospect of appearing alongside the mighty Travis. |
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Even General Pinochet quailed at taking on medical unions. |
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And when we had got free, and gazed around on the wreckish results the stoutest of us quailed. |
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Though Mr Paisley denies that this prompted him to quit, he may well have quailed at the prospect of carrying on without that discreet daily support. |
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Bureaucrats quailed, telling him that he was liable for half the money. |
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Others quailed at the hands of the East German secret police, the Stasi. |
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A wife whose husband exchanged the cornfield for a battlefield must have quailed at every birdcall and soughing wind, sure that they signaled an attack. |
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Ironically, too, the wine was a yeared Bollinger of almost carnal subtlety and while Sutcliffe's stomach quailed his palate hungered for the treat. |
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