as in shudder
an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold
with a tremble, she ventured out into the snow
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Recent Examples of tremble
Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
Turner has had two seizures since late January, and his left hand trembles, Marshall said.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
When people are going through withdrawal from drugs, symptoms can generally include agitation, diarrhea, nausea, sweating, chills, stomach cramps, muscle aches, trembling, appetite changes, sweating, fatigue, depression, vomiting, seizures and intense cravings, experts said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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Noun
In 2008, Grosz felt the tremble of the Great Recession and just five years later, the aftershock of the Detroit bankruptcy.
—Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
Turner has had two seizures since late January, and his left hand trembles, Marshall said.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
Verb
Its symptoms include chills, dizziness and light-headedness, excessive sweating, heart palpitations, nausea, shortness of breath, trembling or shaking, and upset stomach or indigestion.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
When people are going through withdrawal from drugs, symptoms can generally include agitation, diarrhea, nausea, sweating, chills, stomach cramps, muscle aches, trembling, appetite changes, sweating, fatigue, depression, vomiting, seizures and intense cravings, experts said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremble
Noun
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Photos by Sinna Nasseri By Sunday morning on the Sunset Strip, there was no escaping the wail of West Hollywood: the rumble of Harley Davidsons; the shudder of police helicopters; the blast of bass-heavy hip-hop from the guts of a Porsche convertible.—
Edmund Vallance,
AFAR Media,
18 Mar. 2025
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From a distance, Macdonald’s own life has the shudder of a dark fairy tale, answered by the quaking in his books.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Shot in quivering close-ups, this coming-of-age film follows a reticent teenager from a religious household, and her all-girl choir’s trip to a convent.—
Beatrice Loayza,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Rather than the steady, slow flow scientists expected, the ice quivered with tiny seismic disturbances.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His glaring eyes could send shivers down your spine.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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The guy whose last name still sends a shiver up the spines of Lawrence, Kansas.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And through it all, Quy’s love for rural Vietnam underlies every frame, every movement, like the love that vibrates between Việt and Nam deep underground.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2025
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The sensors immediately reacted to the game's audio, vibrating the pad.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Tremble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremble. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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