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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as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
aspen leaves quivering in the breeze
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Recent Examples of quiver
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
6 Apr. 2026
The marvel of the play, and of this keenly staged and performed production, is its emotional volatility, the quiver of truth behind the percolating dialogue of evasion or shaming accusation.
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Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
Within minutes, revellers were gasping for breath; their nostrils quivered, their lips turned blue.
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Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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Noun
His voice was low in her ears, sending a quiver dancing up and down her spine.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
6 Apr. 2026
The marvel of the play, and of this keenly staged and performed production, is its emotional volatility, the quiver of truth behind the percolating dialogue of evasion or shaming accusation.
—
Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
Johnston plays poor Bear as a quivering mess wracked with guilt that this monster — who used to be his friend — is the result of his own terrible decision-making.
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Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
Within minutes, revellers were gasping for breath; their nostrils quivered, their lips turned blue.
—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quiver
Noun
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This is sending shivers down the spines of regular Democrats, who now sheepishly admit the party has been turned over to the left-wing loons.
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The warning that exuberant investors might not be quite rational sent temporary shivers through global stock markets.
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Hernández said Rossi Ydrogo had just called his brother in Caracas 20 minutes before the earth started to shake.
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In Venezuela, rescue teams have been racing against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira last Wednesday.
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The tensions, which have sent a shudder across many American industries, have prompted Washington to seek new sources of rare earths.
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Whoever ends up playing the America 250 or (shudder) Freedom 250 gigs, the Chicks are our pick for Band of the Sesquicentennial.
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Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene.
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Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.
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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.
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Ultimately, the recent market trembles reveal less about the immediate dangers of AI and more about the precarious psychology of modern trading.
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These bees vibrate flowers to release the pollen, improving pollination and fruit set.
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Ongoing work in string theory — the idea that our universe, at its smallest, most fundamental level, is made up of vibrating strings — suggests a way these concepts might be connected.
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“Quiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiver. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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