juddering 1 of 2

present participle of judder, chiefly British

juddering

2 of 2

noun

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of juddering
Verb
The tightly wound tension is maintained also by Volker Bertelmann’s propulsive score, which starts with ominous juddering groans and keeps shapeshifting throughout. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juddering
Verb
  • Practice rounds sometimes turn into showcases of raw talent, the kind that leave teammates shaking their heads at the sound off his club face.
    Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Police alleged that the brain bleed was consistent with shaking an infant.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The rest of the quintet — vocalist Dexter Holland, bassist Todd Morse, multi-instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy and drummer Brandon Pertzborn — then joined in for a rocking (yet, sadly, abbreviated) take on that same album’s legendary title track.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The story follows a Jewish family across five generations, from childhood to adulthood, blending laughs and tear-jerking moments, just like in Bob-Waksberg’s other shows.
    Braedon Montgomery, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Tear-jerking purple prose designed to make a Baby Boomer nostalgic and sad.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Still, the cluster exhibited a subtle trembling motion while it was held in place.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This zoo of proposals all introduce new effects outside the horizon that should change how a vibrating black hole emits gravitational waves.
    Matt von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Patients first experience twitching or weakness in a limb, often followed by slurred speech.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Superimposed on this slow drift are smaller and more frequent oscillations known as nutations.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, gravitational waves, as natural quantum oscillations of space-time itself, are enough in this model to create the density fluctuations that lead to matter developing structures like galaxies, stars, and planets.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Juddering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juddering. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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