as in shaking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the glasses and knickknacks on the shelves vibrated during the slight earthquake
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Recent Examples of vibrating
The whole place was vibrating from the power of the storm.
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MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Some doctors use numbing cream, a vibrating tool, or a dental block to help reduce in-the-moment pain.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
The cynic in me is cautious and keenly aware of the often empty allure of nostalgia, while the teen girl who spent her entire summer job money on an Xbox 360 and Halo 3 is vibrating with excitement.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
My jaw stopped clacking and my body stopped vibrating.
—Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
The area put on a display of yellow aspen trees dotting the mountains between evergreens, their delicate leaves vibrating in the wind.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Microneedling is a treatment that uses thin, vibrating needles to puncture your skin.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
This zoo of proposals all introduce new effects outside the horizon that should change how a vibrating black hole emits gravitational waves.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Some doctors use numbing cream, a vibrating tool, or a dental block to help reduce in-the-moment pain.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
The cynic in me is cautious and keenly aware of the often empty allure of nostalgia, while the teen girl who spent her entire summer job money on an Xbox 360 and Halo 3 is vibrating with excitement.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
My jaw stopped clacking and my body stopped vibrating.
—Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
The area put on a display of yellow aspen trees dotting the mountains between evergreens, their delicate leaves vibrating in the wind.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Microneedling is a treatment that uses thin, vibrating needles to puncture your skin.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
This zoo of proposals all introduce new effects outside the horizon that should change how a vibrating black hole emits gravitational waves.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vibrating
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Start the process by vigorously shaking or hanging then pounding the rug to remove loose dirt, crumbs, and other particles, then vacuum it thoroughly on both sides, using a canister vacuum with the hose or a high pile setting—and no beater bar!—
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2025
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Part of it was that Mark Kerr was sitting right beside him, shaking through the entire film—for many reasons.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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To that point, Olympia shouldn’t be allowed to play the jury the tear-jerking recording of Frank’s final phone call home as the water rose.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Surprise Lining The most tear-jerking moment, however, was kept secret until the very last minute.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Andy sighed, shuddering between them.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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The White House will be well aware of this fact, particularly in an environment where fiscally conservative Republicans will be shuddering at Uncle Sam’s $37 trillion (and growing) national debt.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 Aug. 2025
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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
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“Vibrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vibrating. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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