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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Recent Examples of tremble
Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 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
Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Tucked under the Avignon train station, their barely 300-square-foot one-bedroom trembled each night as freight trains passed above.
—Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Kaleena knew her fate before it was announced, teary-eyed and emotional as Kish, with a tremble in her voice, asked her and Alisha to pack their knives and go.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 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
Verb
The woman was visibly trembling and radiated the metallic scent of tequila.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Tucked under the Avignon train station, their barely 300-square-foot one-bedroom trembled each night as freight trains passed above.
—Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremble
Noun
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And my list has become … shudders … out of date.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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The resulting mass grave of human remains in various arrangements is enough to send a shudder, and if that’s not spooky enough, there’s the entrance inscription that reads: Arrête!—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Audiences are already quivering with anticip— ation.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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A-fib is an irregular, quivering or often rapid heart rhythm resulting from the heart’s upper chambers, the atria, beating out of sync with the lower chambers, the ventricles.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Just hearing ‘set piece’ sends a shiver down Liverpool supporters’ spines.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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And at the same time, while the East shivers, much of the West will bask under unusually mild to even warm weather.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The whole place was vibrating from the power of the storm.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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At a home in eastern Jamaica, which avoided the worst of the Melissa’s impacts, Edma felt the building's concrete walls vibrate as the storm barreled across the island.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Tremble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremble. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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