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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

The fans are already atremble with anticipation, scalpers are busy preparing hefty markups, to $225 or more a ticket, and the teams are mulling over old grudges.

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

Arms of the trees atremble thrust Defiance at the cold Night of narrow shrouding snow.

From Poems New and Old by John Freeman

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