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Meanings of quailing under in inglês

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Usage of quailing under in inglês
1
I remember quailing under the unfamiliar glare of disapproval: You too, Annie?
The Guardian
2
A keening wail lifted all around, the dark inhabitants quailing under the revelation of light.
Shadow fall
3
He went, quailing under the flash of her indignant eye, which made his guilty soul cower in abasement.
Ellen Walton / Or, The Villain and His Victims
4
"How much?" repeated Hiram, quailing under the honest but sharp look of the hunter; "the informer gets half, I- Ibelieve-yes, Iguessit's half.
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
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