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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Andy sighed, shuddering between them.—Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025 The White House will be well aware of this fact, particularly in an environment where fiscally conservative Republicans will be shuddering at Uncle Sam’s $37 trillion (and growing) national debt.—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
The City of Big Shoulders has erected and endured a legacy of racial violence and segregation that would make any good liberal shudder in embarrassment.—Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025 This textural trend is known for its popularity in the 1970s, when homeowners and designers experimented with installing shag carpets on unexpected surfaces, such as ceilings and bathroom floors (shudder).—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shudder
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English shoddren; akin to Old High German skutten to shake and perhaps to Lithuanian kutėti to shake up
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