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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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Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
For good or ill, never let anything stand in the way of a star who’s been told (shudder) to stick to character parts.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Jon Pepper, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
With more than 67 million Americans collecting stipends now and hundreds of millions more counting on benefits for their retirement, any threat to the system’s benefits sends a shudder through the nation’s workers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Corporate world shudders The logo of UnitedHealth appears on the side of one of its office buildings in Santa Ana, California, on April 13, 2020.
—Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
For good or ill, never let anything stand in the way of a star who’s been told (shudder) to stick to character parts.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
Winter is coming to New York, which should send a shiver — and a shudder — through residents who know how close the city came to catastrophe just two years ago, and how little has been achieved to prevent it from happening again.
—Jon Pepper, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
With more than 67 million Americans collecting stipends now and hundreds of millions more counting on benefits for their retirement, any threat to the system’s benefits sends a shudder through the nation’s workers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shudder. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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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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