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Recent Examples of tremulous What's Wrong with RFK Jr.'s Voice? Kennedy's voice has been a defining feature of his public appearances for more than a decade, characterized by a strained, hoarse, and tremulous quality. Kate Nalepinski, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 No bells and whistles here: just a man, a guitar, and a tremulous voice perfect for love songs. E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025 Her big blue eyes are searching, concerned, tremulous and tearful. Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025 The shifting surface of the water has a tremulous glamour. Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tremulous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremulous
Adjective
  • Babies also have new behaviors, from a playful and inquisitive Diplodocus to a more timid Moros Intrepidus.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the bit, Rihanna and Ronnie (Andy Samberg) are dropping knowledge to a group of grade schoolers with the singer crooning in her power range as timid Ronnie can barely rise above a whisper to her utter consternation.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These are not the words of a Premier League cheerleader, or indeed of someone fearful that English football will be left behind if La Liga and Serie A get their way.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This hesitancy is common, Travers said, because people may be fearful of being judged or of having their trauma follow them later in life.
    Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That week’s host, Emily Blunt, did the trembly voice-over.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020
Adjective
  • His previous political power was shaky, and left him with a weak presidential veto, which was repeatedly overturned by the National Congress in his first two years in office.
    NPR, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Jordan Walsh’s first minutes of the young season were shakier.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Tremulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremulous. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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