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as in shudder
an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold
the prisoner experienced a sudden shiver when confronted with the sight of the dark basement
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as in butterflies
shivers plural
a sense of panic or extreme nervousness
looking down from the window ledge sent shivers up my spine
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Recent Examples of shiver
Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
This sends shivers down the spine of the entertainment industry.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
The East Coast was blanketed in snow while people from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine shivered in bitterly cold temperatures from the frigid Arctic air mass that plunged temperatures well below normal.
—Gerald Herbert and David J. Phillip, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Critically acclaimed and boasting impressive performances across its cast of young actors, Better Watch Out won't give you the warm fuzzies this holiday season, but it's guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
This sends shivers down the spine of the entertainment industry.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
While much of the U.S. shivered, last month was the Earth's warmest January on record, European scientists announced Thursday.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
The East Coast was blanketed in snow while people from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine shivered in bitterly cold temperatures from the frigid Arctic air mass that plunged temperatures well below normal.
—Gerald Herbert and David J. Phillip, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shiver
Noun
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That brings shudders to Dutcher, whose team just surrendered 15 3s against San Jose State, the most by an SDSU team in a Mountain West game.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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The need for speed • Netflix’s race to mediocrity • Awaiting the apocalypse • The Cybertruck’s (shudder) appeal 1.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
20 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Sometimes a less reliable dog will smell in this manner the hot body scent of venison as a trembling doe crouches close in the brush upwind.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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As the solution flowed into both of his arms, Nelson at first trembled, then died in silence with his eyelids, on which dollar signs are tattooed, closed.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Feb. 2025
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The post quickly gained traction, with Reddit users split over the couple's division of responsibilities.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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The feature take on Broadway musical Wicked, which is split up into two theatrical releases, had a first cut that was close to four hours long.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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My desire is stronger for us, even in just this country, to heal, and to talk, and to shake each other’s hands.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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Johnson’s father had witnessed Anderson shaking, throwing and roughly handling the baby in the past, causing the child to scream, prosecutors said.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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The muscles on the haunches of the poor animal quivered and jerked from the exertion.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
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Frazier moved his outstretched hands in a circular movement for the first minute or so before beginning to grimace and quiver on the gurney.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The apartment building, vacant and under construction, was later torn down.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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At its most extreme, fans tear down goalposts and remove them from the field.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In this puzzle, however, the things that are shaking are quaking ASPENS.—
Deb Amlen,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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Your emotions may be shaking and quaking deep within.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
28 Sep. 2024
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The mission's rover will look inside the icy crater for water ice and other volatiles – chemical elements that can vaporize into a gas – at the lunar south pole.—
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Couches and mattresses, TVs and refrigerators, tires and toys, even clothes are full of polyurethane and plastics, which vaporize into a toxic smoke once they’re set on fire, said Dr. Gina Solomon, chief of the Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine at UC San Francisco.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Shiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiver. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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