Thesaurus results for QUIVERED

quivered

verb

past tense of quiver

as in shook

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

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Recent Examples of quivered Every once in a while, when there was a pause, my eyes started to water and my body quivered and shook a little bit. — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 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 Within minutes, revellers were gasping for breath; their nostrils quivered, their lips turned blue. — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 23 May 2026 The muscles on the haunches of the poor animal quivered and jerked from the exertion. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025

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O’Shea shook hands with the referee and his assistants but there was no attempt to shake the hand of Israel captain Manor Solomon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The policeman held on to Shorty’s biceps and shook them slightly, both giving the sense of a loving embrace and using his strength to lift Shorty ever so slightly off the ground and clear of the entrance.

— Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of shook

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Conservatives shuddered to think how close the country had come to permanent entangling alliances.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
McDonald’s shares fell nearly 5% Wednesday, their largest percentage drop since April 2025, as investors shuddered at the eye-popping price of improving McDonald’s 46,000 global stores.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of shuddered

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Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

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