as in trembling
marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements
our quivering dog tried to hide under the bed during the thunderstorm
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as in twitching
a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side
the kids were fascinated by the quivering of the jellyfish and kept poking it to see it wiggle
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as in shaking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
aspen leaves quivering in the breeze
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Verb
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Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.—
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the video, a terrified Archie can be seen frozen, staring and shaking.—
Noun
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These two factors may well cancel out, Dan Russell, a physicist at Penn State who studies baseball-bat vibrations, told me.—
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This technology uses a thin membrane in a magnetic field to create sonic vibrations.—
Adjective
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As July turned to August in 2021, Ian Happ’s long-term future with the Chicago Cubs was in on shaky ground as a terrible first half saw his playing time reduced to coming off the bench for stretches.—
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Meanwhile, smartphone feature upgrades have become more incremental, and in a shaky economy, people will be more than willing to hold on to their devices for just a bit longer.—
Verb
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Not literal strings, of course—but tiny loops or snippets of vibrating energy.—
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Because everything is moving, everything vibrating in one great dance that is the act of becoming.—
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“Quivering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quivering. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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