quaver
verb (used without object)
to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble.
Example Sentences
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The voice that sang it was profound and strong, but quavering and not quite in tune: an old oak tree with a strong trunk but with branches starting to kink and leaves to wither.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
A caller who did not identify himself pleaded in a quavering voice for the council to oppose the ban.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
“She brightened my life with her happiness and bravery. I will keep preserving her spirit,” Hsiao said in a quavering voice.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
“I didn’t shoot my wife or my son. Anytime. Ever,” he declared in a long, quavering Southern drawl.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
Pushing upward with what remained of her quavering strength, she heaved it open and emerged in a tangle of bramble with summer’s last shriveled berries still clinging to the vines.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
