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
arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
The chorus, which appears in the final movement to exhort us to cease trembling and prepare to live, proved its own inspiration.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
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
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Noun
In his music, the phrase takes on a spectral weight: five leaves left on a tree, trembling as summer slips into fall; five moments of clarity before sleep; five truths too delicate for morning.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
The chorus, which appears in the final movement to exhort us to cease trembling and prepare to live, proved its own inspiration.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremble
Noun
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For those still concerned with the club’s lack of attention to detail, Saturday night at Fenway Park probably led to some shudders.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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At Bonniers Konsthall, with its low mechanical rhythm and amorphous forms, the sculpture breathes and shudders in a space that feels eerily alive—a shelter of desire, decay, and instability.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
Verb
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The Cabinet is a quivering collection of yea-sayers.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Hamill delivers this monologue with real passion, his raspy voice quivering with sincerity.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Suddenly the dead air moved, the bare tree branches danced, shivers of excitement passed across the stray pools left from the morning’s rains.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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Everyone in the church was just shivers for what this woman's going through.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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The captain announces the trip, vibrating chairs simulate the real thing while the plane windows offer views of the departure city (San Francisco), the sky and the tarmac upon landing in Mexico City.—
Susan Stapleton,
AZCentral.com,
31 July 2025
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As Martin Scorsese said when asked to describe them, Schnabel’s films are ‘abundant, overflowing and vibrating with life, pulse.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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“Tremble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremble. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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