shudder
verb (used without object)
to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.
are shuddering
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present progressiveof shudder.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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Now, all the other NFC contenders are getting hot — Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago — and the Rams are shuddering in an emotional ice bath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
Even so, stocks are shuddering and consumers are watching nervously as the central bank prepares for what could be an unusually rapid withdrawal of monetary support — ramping up pressure on its policymakers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
The radar masts of superyachts moored along the Rolf Neslund Body Parts Memorial Ship Canal are shuddering.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2017
Sporting officials are shuddering at a return to the bad old days of the cold war.
From Economist ● Nov. 12, 2015
I see you are shuddering, Lef Nicolaievitch," said the latter, at length, "almost as you did once in Moscow, before your fit; don't you remember?
From The Idiot by Eva M. Martin
