atremble

American  

[uh-trem-buhl] / əˈtrɛm bəl /

adverb

1. in a trembling state.

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Etymology

Origin of atremble

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

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post

The ship was a magnificent object that nourished the king’s egomania: It featured sculptures of lions, which represented the king, before whom cowered sculptures of the enemy — Polish noblemen all atremble at their impending deaths.

From Washington Post

In Part II of “In Suspect Terrain,” I came to this sentence and thought I might have spotted an error: “But rock columns are generalized; they are atremble with hiatuses; and they depend in large part on well borings, which are shallow, and on seismic studies, which are new, and far between.”

From The New Yorker

So even if Lefkofsky wasn’t exactly atremble with joy over the company’s progress, the surge in value Friday of his Groupon shares surely enlivened his mood.

From Time

I asked, atremble with excitement.

From Project Gutenberg