Example Sentences

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When I left, I realized I had been trembling.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2013

He had been trembling so much when he handed her the small box he’d wrapped it in.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

Sierra realized her hands had been trembling, clenched in tight fists.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

Then he asked the question which had been trembling many times upon his lips.

From Mysterious Mr. Sabin by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

He had been trembling in the presence of that squad of tyrants—those leer-eyed grinning 37 debauchees, who seemed to be opening the gate of hell, and bidding him enter.

From The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer by Optic, Oliver