instead of evacuating the children from the school bus as it hung teetering from a cliff the adult was seen quailening around with her hands in the air
verb: to chaotically babble or act in a distressful manner while abandoning all use of logic and reason
"instead of evacuating the children from the school bus as it hung teetering from a cliff the adult was seen quailening around with her hands in the air" What is the definition of "quailening"?