Synonyms for quivering

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kwiv-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪv ər

Définition of quivering

Origin : "to tremble," late 15c., perhaps imitative, or possibly an alteration of quaveren (see quaver), or from Old English cwifer- (in cwiferlice "zealously"), which is perhaps related to cwic "alive" (see quick). Related: Quivered; quivering. As a noun in this sense from 1715, from the verb.

adj shuddering

Example sentences :

So he just sat there, quivering, bleeding, battered—but a conqueror.
Extract from : « A Night Out » by Edward Peple

In her eagerness, it was as if the halo of joy that surrounded her were quivering.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

"You don't mean that," she gasped in a quivering voice when at last she could speak.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

“He was that indeed,” she whispered softly, with quivering lips.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Evelyn spoke quickly and nervously, and with quivering lips.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Quivering with excitement he bent again over the book and studied it intently.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Aunt Melissa stood looking after them, a mass of quivering wrath.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

It was plain that the man was quivering with impatience and half-mad with excitement.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

"I—I'm giving you a jolly summer, Tom," he said, with a quivering effort to smile.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

Her lips were quivering, and tears were welling into her eyes.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

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