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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All the trembling, as Kimbangu touched the sick, alarmed European settlers and reassured the plantation workers who trekked to Nkamba in search of healing.—
Rodney Muhumuza,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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At first this change of scale vivifies the butterfly—its brief stillness, the angle of its wings, its trembling—while freezing everything else, including the novel’s action.—
Ben Lerner,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Located on the street level of the Harbor Boulevard complex, the new shop gives dessert-loving denizens another place to pick up the quivering treat.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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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.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
Verb
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The four-time NBA champion had partnered with Under Armour for 13 years before splitting in November last year.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Another common mistake is splitting up speaking time based on role.—
Chiara Alzati,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2026
Verb
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That brewery is taking over Headflyer's space after closing its own Nordeast taproom in 2023, then shuddering entirely last year before rising from the ashes months later.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
14 May 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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Instead, the middle class is splintering along generational lines.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 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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Casting near banks and using a twitching technique can increase success during the hatch.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
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During this phase, octopuses display visible twitching along with rapid changes in skin color and texture, per NPR.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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 5 Jun. 2026.
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