as in trembling
a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side
the shivering of the crystal chandeliers while there was construction work next door
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Recent Examples of shivering
Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Other common side effects include nausea, flushing, headache, and abdominal cramping and uncontrollable shivering.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Symptoms are fatigue, confusion, disorientation, excessive shivering and loss of coordination.
—Amanda McCoy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
Once moderate hypothermia sets in, the opposite effect happens — heart rate, breathing and shivering will slow and eventually stop.
—Karl Hille, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026
Victims would have experienced intense shivering, numbness, and growing confusion before slipping into unconsciousness.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Richard Greenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
What she’s produced is a searching, pointedly disorienting text, studded with passages of extreme beauty and generous humor, that wears whimsy like a shivering veil over consuming discomfort, even terror.
—Paul McAdory, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
Unlike shivering, which produces heat through rapid muscle contractions, thermogenic leak relies on the mitochondria in muscle cells to release heat instead of producing ATP for contractions.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Other common side effects include nausea, flushing, headache, and abdominal cramping and uncontrollable shivering.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Symptoms are fatigue, confusion, disorientation, excessive shivering and loss of coordination.
—Amanda McCoy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026
Once moderate hypothermia sets in, the opposite effect happens — heart rate, breathing and shivering will slow and eventually stop.
—Karl Hille, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026
Victims would have experienced intense shivering, numbness, and growing confusion before slipping into unconsciousness.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Standing 10 yards in front of us on a corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue was a shivering elderly woman who looked lost.
—Richard Greenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
What she’s produced is a searching, pointedly disorienting text, studded with passages of extreme beauty and generous humor, that wears whimsy like a shivering veil over consuming discomfort, even terror.
—Paul McAdory, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shivering
Noun
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Its strength ranges from mild, causing little more discomfort than a slight trembling, to severe, in which passengers or flight crew can be thrown around the cabin and risk injury if not wearing seatbelts.—
Cat Rainsford,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2026
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There’s Walter’s serene cello and Marjorie’s pensive, slightly coy violin, sometimes playful or petulant or, still, a little vain and secretive — other times thin and trembling, lost in the haze of dementia.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
Verb
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In my mind, church potlucks and family picnics blur together into one long table lined with bright yellow pudding dotted with vanilla wafers, three-bean salad, and quivering ambrosia.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
26 May 2026
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In the 1970s, James Lovelock proposed that the biosphere was not just green scruff quivering on Earth's surface.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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After Senegal turned the ball over, Michael Olise made the perfect pass, splitting two defenders, as Mbappé made a move upfield into the box.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
17 June 2026
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And Whitehall, who began the day in a Tom Ford suit, had to change into a backup suit by Dunhill after splitting his pants.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Dec. 2025
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The shaking has been noticed by both executives and rank-and-file staff during meetings and large company gatherings, according to people familiar with the matter.—
Mark Gurman,
Fortune,
6 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The series opens as City’s record-breaking run of 26 games unbeaten comes to a shuddering halt, with a string of defeats in late 2024 leaving Guardiola visibly shaken.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
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The world itself is shuddering on some of these economic blows.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
Verb
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The serious journalism Margaret aspires to do is splintering under our distrust of who controls the megaphones.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Too often, Democrats have minimized anti-Semitic excesses on campuses and within parts of the progressive ecosystem out of fear of splintering a coalition that includes activists whose politics have become intertwined with Palestinian solidarity.—
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Buzzing, tingling, burning, twitching, itching or pain, along with a sensation of arousal.—
Linda Carroll,
NBC news,
6 July 2025
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Patients first experience twitching or weakness in a limb, often followed by slurred speech.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Ephemera directs the brain to the tiniest concrete nubs of consciousness, calming the quaking mind and bringing us back to ourselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Alex arrives to find Lucy literally quaking in fear, especially when Stephen summons the two of them to come meet his latest prey, whose name is Tegan.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Shivering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shivering. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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