Examples of shudder in a Sentence
Verb
The old car shuddered to a halt.
The house shuddered as a plane flew overhead.
Noun
a shudder ran through him as he stepped outside into the snow
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Kocha Olarn, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
Mount Spurr, an Alaskan volcano shuddering with small earthquakes for 10 months, could erupt soon.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Abraham was alone, drenched in white and walking, as small shudders passed through his body.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Verb
But that steady flow of income and improvement came to a shuddering halt on October 7 as Hamas militants poured across the Gaza border and began their murder and kidnap spree across southern Israel.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
Mount Spurr, an Alaskan volcano shuddering with small earthquakes for 10 months, could erupt soon.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
When Evil Lurks watch on shudder Every editorial product is independently selected.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Abraham was alone, drenched in white and walking, as small shudders passed through his body.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shudder. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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shudder
1 of 2 verb
shud·der
ˈshəd-ər 
shuddered; shuddering
-(ə-)riŋ
1
: to tremble with fear or horror or from cold
shuddered just thinking about it
2
: shake entry 1 sense 1, quiver
the train slowed and shuddered to a halt
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