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atremble

American  
[uh-trem-buhl] / əˈtrɛm bəl /

adverb

  1. in a trembling state.


Etymology

Origin of atremble

First recorded in 1855–60; a- 1 + tremble

Example Sentences

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It had a crowd of 76,549 that set the place atremble.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2021

Newspapers across Germany were predictably atremble over Grass's revelation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ultimately the picture he has acted in sets cinemaddicts atremble, but Terry Rooney has already thought himself a failure, married Rita, and fled to the South Seas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once when old Otto von Bismarck's demands had set much of Europe atremble, he was asked if he wanted war.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her voice was sweet and musical, but there was a note of sadness in it which set responsive chords atremble all through Edith's heart.

From The Cow Puncher by Stead, Robert J. C.

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