quiver
verb (used with or without object)
to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
had been quivering
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past perfect progressiveof quiver.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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A moment earlier, his hands, his lips had been quivering.
From The Five Arrows by Allan Chase
Only then Eveley had been quivering with anxiety and nervousness—and now it was only hope and joy.
From Eve to the Rescue by Dudley Gloyne Summers
After thunders from which the walls and the earth had been quivering, there was something solemn in that silence, but something ominous also.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Her little, light, graceful body that had been quivering grew calm again, and she turned to hurry home with an unexpected sense of having pulled some lever in the mechanism that would bring about results.
From Rung Ho! by Talbot Mundy
The scientist's mind had been quivering with eagerness.
From The Galaxy Primes by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
