vibrate
verb (used without object)
to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
are vibrating
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present progressiveof vibrate.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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“The skull is bone. You are vibrating the brain, the nerves, the connections. Any of those connections get screwed up, you got problems.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
At the molecular scale, temperature is a measure of how much molecules are vibrating.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 5, 2023
She’s in a state of hypervigilance; all her senses are vibrating at a dangerous pitch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
We’re directly behind the main stage, and the walls are vibrating from the act currently playing.
From The Verge ● May 24, 2019
The word rings through me so strongly it’s like my bones are vibrating.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
