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noun

Definition of quiver

as in shiver

an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold a quiver ran through the audience when the monster cornered the movie's hero

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verb

as in to shake

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements aspen leaves quivering in the breeze

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Until 2023’s The Celebration Tour, the singer most often used concerts to play new material, only occasionally reaching into her quiver of hits to please crowds. — David Harris, SPIN, 13 July 2026 Not like my boyfriend’s family’s doorbell, with its complicated, seven-tone church melody that gives you spiritual chills and causes you to quiver excitedly. — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

Verb

Each time, brown leaves that had drifted from distant trees quivered and spun on the surface. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 Her papers quivered in her hand. — Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for quiver

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Noun

The idea of seeing a total solar eclipse there sent shivers through me.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The country’s steady release of AI models that are open-source, high-performing, and relatively cheap to build and run has been sending shivers through Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

— Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of shiver

Verb

The event, televised by dozens of channels across Serbia, capped a week of Vucic touring towns and villages in an apparent bid to shore up his popularity that's been shaken after almost two years of sustained anti-government protests.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Bottle tops popped, can tabs cracked, and cocktail shakers shook all day Thursday at the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of shake

Noun

In November 2015, firefighters were using a REACH Eurocopter for training to simulate patient loading and unloading at the Apple Valley airport when the pilot felt a shudder and immediately landed.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Moreno says as the chopper shudders, causing the camera to shake.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of shudder

Noun

Be a good child, do what they’re told, be the best child, a tremble in their hands, say nothing, tensed for the knock on the door.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Ultimately, the recent market trembles reveal less about the immediate dangers of AI and more about the precarious psychology of modern trading.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026

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