vibrating

present participle of vibrate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of vibrating 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 Imagine 750-horsepower wind machines kicking up debris and haptic signals vibrating the seats as the iconic twister lifts Dorothy’s house and deposits it next to the yellow-brick road. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025 The story of damped harmonic systems goes back to 1900, when British physicist Horace Lamb built a simple mathematical model of a particle vibrating inside a solid. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025 Entre2, Vidbertus A brilliant, very fresh Parellada with a vibrating acidity, very drinkable. Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 In a different city, a different time, but vibrating at the same sacred frequency, a new story began to hum. Shelby Stewart, Essence, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vibrating
Verb
  • In doing movements that don’t feel like a workout in the traditional sense but still leave you shaking and sore the next day.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The child who was allegedly attacked on the bus could then be seen in the footage shaking her head multiple times before the video ended.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sounds like the plot of a tear-jerking movie, no?
    David Oliver, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • With an epic Oscar-winning title song by Streisand and tear-jerking scenes aplenty, this film is a perennial favorite and often referred to in pop culture.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Andy sighed, shuddering between them.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • 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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“Vibrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vibrating. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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