quiver
verb (used with or without object)
to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
am quivering
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present progressiveof quiver (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am quivering all over like a scared horse.
From The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
No bow, no music, and I am quivering with eagerness for the music.
From Rosin the Beau by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
I am quivering with nervous tension—every faculty strained to breaking; the buzz of a fly is a roar to me.
From The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow by Upton Sinclair
