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quavered

verb

past tense of quaver

as in trilled

to sing with the alternation of two musical tones know-it-alls snickered as the opera singer quavered on the high note

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Recent Examples of quavered The tawny owl’s dark release of song quavered from the pine wood. — Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025

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trilled

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This was a funhouse reality, in which children were lost and predators roamed, but through which white harts leapt through shafts of sunlight, songbirds trilled, and where honey and berries and acorns might be foraged for free.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Femme tunes trilled in the background.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026

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