QUAIL in a Sentence

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For QUAIL, below is one of 18 sentences:
In the rye the quail would be calling, and, in the grass, the corncrake, and over them would be wheeling flocks of twittering linnets.

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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.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
2  He knew that he would no more quail before his guides wherever they should point.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
5  She only shook her own head at him, but in a way that made him quail.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
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.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
7  "American novels," answered Lord Henry, helping himself to some quail.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
8  I am no coward, to shrink before the rugged rush of the storm, nor even quail before the awful shadow of the Veil.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XI
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.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VIII
10  Then Minerva from her seat on the rafter held up her deadly aegis, and the hearts of the suitors quailed.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXII
11  The three mates quailed before his strong, sustained, and mystic aspect.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.
12  When he saw Hughes bending over with pain, his courage quailed.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
13  The minister quailed before this outburst of sarcasm.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre.
14  Melanie rose to her feet, confused, her heart quailing at the thought of confronting Rhett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
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.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
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.