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
- 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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