quavered

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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“Quavered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quavered. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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