as in shivers
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 shakes
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
aspen leaves quivering in the breeze
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Recent Examples of quivers
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Distinguished with trademark quivers and phrasings that underlined meaning and action, his voice and range revealed few signs of deterioration.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
There’s a breathless mood in the air that quivers and quakes at the protests to come.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
Louie is summoned to the apartment of Joe Black, a higher-up gangster played by John Malkovich with a manner so quizzical yet threatening that his voice just about quivers with unexpressed rage.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Distinguished with trademark quivers and phrasings that underlined meaning and action, his voice and range revealed few signs of deterioration.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
The music of home often quivers with nostalgia.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
There’s a breathless mood in the air that quivers and quakes at the protests to come.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quivers
Noun
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Grab this sweatsuit and kiss mid-flight shivers goodbye.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hearing McCartney play Beatles classics, in particular, sends shivers down one’s spine.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The work captures life between Mount Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples, where the ground shakes periodically and the fumaroles of the Phlegraean Fields taint the air.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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The roar starts before the lights go down — a low, collective thunder that shakes the arena floor.—
Crystal Bell,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Designer Joe Nahem of the esteemed firm Fox-Nahem was then brought in to merge the two spaces into one wildly creative space that vibrates with color, pattern, and texture.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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Each of the three biographies—any good biography—vibrates with the intensity of its author’s possession by their subject and the thrill of exhumation, if only metaphoric.—
Megan Marshall
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Quivers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quivers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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