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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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
Trump’s early-morning social-media missive caused markets to shudder.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 June 2025
In this community, mention of President Trump elicits shudders, frowns or blank stares.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Verb
That was after the pandemic lockdown brought concerts — and much of the world — shuddering to a halt in 2020 and much of 2021 (and before the COVID resurgence that followed).
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
Trump’s early-morning social-media missive caused markets to shudder.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
Noun
The band enlisted the great Mike Mills to direct, with Saoirse Ronan starring as an office worker who dances, squirms, shudders, and screams through her daily routine.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 June 2025
In this community, mention of President Trump elicits shudders, frowns or blank stares.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shudder. Accessed 14 Jun. 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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