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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Austin Meek, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Andy sighed, shuddering between them.
—Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
The details of this feat, performed before a crowd in downtown Phoenix, still make those with acrophobia shudder.
—Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Walking into Lincoln with a freshman quarterback and a fill-in head coach is the kind of situation that would make most teams shudder.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Andy sighed, shuddering between them.
—Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
Do not get engaged at 21 (Belly and Jeremiah again, with the tiny ring that made TikTok shudder).
—Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
The details of this feat, performed before a crowd in downtown Phoenix, still make those with acrophobia shudder.
—Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shudder. Accessed 18 Sep. 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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