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Recent Examples of quaver
Her voice quavering with emotion, Pawol talked about getting the news during a Wednesday conference call with director of umpire development Rich Rieker and vice president of umpire operations Matt McKendry.
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Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
That quavering in his 13-year-old daughter’s voice pierces his heart.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 June 2025
Emma called me, her voice quavering, while more calls rolled in.
—Matt Wolf, Vulture, 28 May 2025
And since Joan herself, with that quavering soprano, is a fierce customer, famous in her own right, she’s done with being treated like Dylan’s accessory.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The reflections of the icebergs quavered in the water, which was blue to the edge of purple.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Odysseus asks, his voice quavering, revealing his insecurity upon returning home after a 20-year absence.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
Johnson read from the Book of James, 2:14, her voice quavering a bit before the crowd.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Her voice quavered recalling women who killed themselves after G.I.s who had taken them as common-law wives subsequently abandoned them and their children.
—Choe Sang-Hun Jean Chung, New York Times, 2 May 2023
Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
That quavering in his 13-year-old daughter’s voice pierces his heart.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 17 June 2025
Emma called me, her voice quavering, while more calls rolled in.
—Matt Wolf, Vulture, 28 May 2025
And since Joan herself, with that quavering soprano, is a fierce customer, famous in her own right, she’s done with being treated like Dylan’s accessory.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The reflections of the icebergs quavered in the water, which was blue to the edge of purple.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Odysseus asks, his voice quavering, revealing his insecurity upon returning home after a 20-year absence.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
Johnson read from the Book of James, 2:14, her voice quavering a bit before the crowd.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Her voice quavered recalling women who killed themselves after G.I.s who had taken them as common-law wives subsequently abandoned them and their children.
—Choe Sang-Hun Jean Chung, New York Times, 2 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quaver
trill
Verb
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The blast furnace of volcanoes has fallen silent, replaced by birdsong trilling from the branches and echoing through a garden of exotic stone.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Expect to marvel at saddles blanketed in blueberries and multi-hued wildflowers, marmots trilling their warnings, ibex perched on rocky spines, and neon critters that wiggle and hop underfoot.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Quaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quaver. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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