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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : shuhd-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃʌd ər |
Definition of shudder
Origin :- early 14c., possibly from Middle Dutch schuderen "to shudder," or Middle Low German schoderen, both frequentative forms from Proto-Germanic *skuth- "to shake." Related: Shuddered; shuddering.
- verb shake, quiver
- So it is almost with a shudder I take my last look at the Stones of Carnac.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- There are ghosts whom I tremble to meet, and cannot think of without a shudder.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The sinister association of ideas made Mary shudder, but she said no more.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- I used to like him when I was a child; now I shudder at his name.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Do you not look on the past with a shudder at the precipice on which you stood?
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- She loved the river with its reflected lights,—but it made her shudder, too.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- The figures struck Pierre with a force which made him shudder.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- And then the shudder born of the thought of death returned to him.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Oh, don't talk like that, it makes me shudder; it is horrible!
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- She did not squeal nor shudder, but sat regarding it with gentle pride.
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
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