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• A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.From the entry flush
• The grouse, partridge and quail are tetraonids.From the entry tetraonid
• Take care not to startle up the quail.From the entry startle up
• It makes the heart quail, just thinking of the gargantuanness of the task.2012, Fernanda Eberstadt, Isaac And His Devils. From the entry gargantuanness
• An omelette was followed by quails and the very lightest things in soufflés.1929, Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery. From the entry recherché
• Courage before the enemy will quail before a fire from the rear.1910 May–June, P. E. T., “[Reviews and Exchanges.] The Franco-German War.”, in T[heophilus] F[rancis] Rodenbough, editor, Journal of the…. From the entry friendly fire
• However, in quail, increased VEGF signalling causes endocardial cell hyperplasia in the dorsal mesocardium region and affects heart development.2015 September 19, “TBX1 Represses Vegfr2 Gene Expression and Enhances the Cardiac Fate of VEGFR2+ Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry mesocardium
• And when we had got free, and gazed around on the wreckish results the stoutest of us quailed.2013, E. Nesbit, Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit. From the entry wreckish
• Usually we doddled, stopping to flush quail or dove for dinner, skeet-shooting our beer bottles, and watering the cacti.2004, Katie Lee, Sandstone Seduction: Rivers and Lovers, Canyons and Friends. From the entry doddle
• Among the New Zealand birds that disappeared in the nineteenth century were the piopio, native quail and Stephens Island wren.2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 184. From the entry Stephens Island wren
• At the Nugent tribal dinnertable we think of fastfood as a mallard or quail, garlic’d and buttered to perfection.2002, Ted Nugent, Shemane Nugent, “I Kill It, I Grill It”, in Kill It & Grill It: A Guide to Preparing and Cooking Wild Game and Fish…. From the entry garlic'd
• Quail were often kept as pets, and peacocks are for show and often used as watch-fowl in the enclaves where the wealthy asteroidian denizens lived.2021, Bob Freeman, H2LiftShips - Beyond Luna, page 105. From the entry asteroidian
• You will also be served oysters and scotched collops and quails and chickens, as well as biscuits and tarts and various sweetmeats.2017, Graham Masterton, The Coven, page 157. From the entry scotched collops
• I'll have the tuna tartare with quail egg, the duck with pear mostarda, and a glass of prosecco.” “I'll put that in right away.”2016 April 11, Ali Waller, “The Unincludeds” (3:58 from the start), in American Dad!, season 13, episode 11, spoken by Roger (Seth…. From the entry mostarda
• The majority of such establishments will, at a small cost, vacuum-pack smoked fowl, from quail to turkeys and various smoked meats, for the home smoker.2012, Keith Erlandson, Home Smoking and Curing. From the entry vacuum-pack
• Among the starters are crab meat resala, delicate, sweet petals of crab with a turmeric-onion soubise; and tender fried quail dressed with a bacon vinaigrette.2008 June 15, “The Other Hot Spot”, in New York Times. From the entry soubise
• I sensed the birds' presence, but I had no idea if they were Gambel's or scalies, even though the habitat read scaled quail.2003, Ben O. Williams, Winston: The Life of a Gun Dog, Willow Creek Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 165. From the entry scalie
• Ironically, too, the wine was a yeared Bollinger of almost carnal subtlety and while Sutcliffe's stomach quailed his palate hungered for the treat.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 701. From the entry yeared
• In the nineteenth century, the sustained metaphors of sf—non-mimetic fiction—were reconceived with the aid of science, the same science that Arthur Miller quails before today.1976, Alexei Panshin, Cory Panshin, “The World Beyond the Hill”, in SF in Dimension: A Book of Explorations, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry non-mimetic fiction
• Another major question for consideration is why are not all quail toxic, or phrased a different way, why are there not more reported cases of coturnism?2012, E. F. Jelliffe, Adverse Effects of Foods, page 56. From the entry coturnism
• Alex, an archaeologist, and his wife, Betty, a wildlife biologist, showed a flourishing desert ecoculture of quail, mule deer, mice and the occasional bobcat and tarantula.2007 November 3, Ralph Blumenthal, “Texas Proceeding With Plan to Auction Preserve”, in New York Times. From the entry ecoculture
• She brought the quail back, and while it was still alive, she split it from breastbone to tail, and spraddled it, kicking, over Granpa's snake bite.1976, Forrest Carter [pseudonym; Asa Earl Carter], “A Dangerous Adventure”, in The Education of Little Tree, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte…. From the entry spraddle
• She held the kicking quail on Granpa's hand for a long time, and when she took it off, the quail had turned green all over its inside.1976, Forrest Carter [pseudonym; Asa Earl Carter], “A Dangerous Adventure”, in The Education of Little Tree, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte…. From the entry spraddle

Meaning of quail

1. verb To waste away; to fade, to wither.
2. verb To daunt or frighten (someone).
3. verb To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.

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How do you use quail in a sentence?

Quail is used as a verb and noun. For example: “A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.”

What is a short sentence with quail?

“The grouse, partridge and quail are tetraonids.”

What does quail mean?

Quail means to waste away; to fade, to wither.