tremble 1 of 2

as in shudder
an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold with a tremble, she ventured out into the snow

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tremble

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verb

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Noun
The nightmares returned after the shooting As Canty sat trembling for three hours in her professor’s podcasting studio at FSU, she was surrounded by friends, classmates and strangers who had been smashed together by the chaotic terror. Don Riddell, CNN Money, 23 May 2025 But that’s until, as the world trembles, Adam falls instantly and inextricably in love with Tina, an English-speaking customer service rep for a light therapy lamp company in Ontario, played by Piper Perabo. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Verb
In the first 10 months of last year, more than 3,000 small earthquakes sent trembles through the region, raising fears of a coming rupture. Ligaya Mishan Anthony Cotsifas Emily Woo Zeller Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 13 May 2024 In 2008, Grosz felt the tremble of the Great Recession and just five years later, the aftershock of the Detroit bankruptcy. Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tremble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremble
Noun
  • The band enlisted the great Mike Mills to direct, with Saoirse Ronan starring as an office worker who dances, squirms, shudders, and screams through her daily routine.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 June 2025
  • In this community, mention of President Trump elicits shudders, frowns or blank stares.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • Those emotional generators are apparent on the title track, a minimal hymn of salvation wrapped in Springsteen’s quivering voice.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • My son swayed gently between my legs, still wearing last night’s jammies, azure eyes trained on the flutist’s quivering embouchure.
    Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The females’ eggs, fertilized by the males’ shivers, will hatch over the next few months.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Merely the thought of any potential Chinese aggression in Taiwan sends shivers down the spines of industry, market, and government officials, and an outright attack would put the worldwide economy in a tailspin.
    Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Teaching me how a microwave vibrates water molecules to heat my dinner is less helpful than telling me what buttons to press and which containers are microwave-safe.
    Judd Kessler, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
  • The green earth below the stone seems to vibrate with Dorian’s physical presence.
    Jayson Greene, Vulture, 30 May 2025

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“Tremble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremble. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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