tremulant

Definition of tremulantnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremulant
Adjective
  • The pastoral feel of the music, and Murdoch’s soft, tremulous tenor conjures Nick Drake, but the content of the songs hews closer to the urban fever dreams of Martin Amis, whose 1995 novel The Information traces similar lines of fading-empire disenfranchisement.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Snook is excellent at playing tremulous and overwhelming feeling without ever seeming hammy or phony, and Marissa’s raw emotion anchors All Her Fault in something real even as the plot reveals grow increasingly (and enjoyably) outrageous.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Re-wash and dry the garment, using these tips to avoid re-shrinking, to prevent a residue from the conditioner from setting.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Those words seemingly caused Tagovailoa to play timid in 2025.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • His hope is to create a new incentive for these timid business leaders, by wiping out a quarter billion or more from their combined market cap.
    Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The lesser among them, the timorous, the doubtful, and the wavering, stood back, watching, waiting for some greater sign, savoring their doubts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The great danger of that moment was that a political backlash — abetted by a furious media and timorous politicians — would lead to a restoration of the policy of Roe.
    The Editors, National Review, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Try Visual Deterrents Birds are easily frightened, so adding colorful flags that wave in the wind may keep them from landing on your lawn and dining on your grass seed.
    Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And a new study, published in the journal Emotion, suggests that a robot that mimics human breathing can also pass on frightened feelings.
    Simon Makin, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Designed to encourage everyone to let their creativity run wild and to not be afraid to stand out from the crowd.
    Tory Johnson, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • God complex Having legions of loyal followers who regard you as Muad'Dib, the Fremen chosen one, can clearly go to your head, and Paul isn't afraid to put on a show for the masses.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The government, for example, was alarmed that the mass-surveillance restriction—which prevented the use of Claude to process publicly available bulk data—might prevent the unfettered utilization of LinkedIn for recruitment purposes.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Yet there are good reasons why Broncos Country was more than a little alarmed at the alacrity with which GM George Paton and coach Sean Payton seemed to sit on their respective hands during the opening days of the NFL’s free-agent signing period.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
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“Tremulant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremulant. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.

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