aquiver

[ uh-kwiv-er ]
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adjective
  1. in a state of trepidation or vibrant agitation; trembling; quivering (usually used predicatively): The bamboo thicket was aquiver with small birds and insects. The exciting news set me aquiver.

Origin of aquiver

1
First recorded in 1880–85; a-1 + quiver1

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How to use aquiver in a sentence

  • Through the ravine runs a brook; the tiny pebbles at its bottom are all aquiver through its clear eddies.

  • Her situation had been developing beyond anything she had ever dreamed of; she was aquiver as to what might happen next.

  • It needs, on the Cetonia's abdomen, a yielding support which the bites of the new-born larva will not set aquiver.

    More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri Fabre
  • She drew herself up and seemed frightened; her intent gaze was all aquiver, all aglow with expectation.

    A Sportsman's Sketches | Ivan Turgenev
  • Susan was staring at me, wide-eyed, her face aquiver with excitement; two deep spots of color flaming on her thin cheeks.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd