Example Sentences

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Lydia had quavered out her happy welcome, her mother had fluttered and smiled.

From Martie, the Unconquered by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

"Is that so?" the old gentleman had quavered in an impotence that made him wince with a sense of meanness—meanness to his bold initiator of so many Parisian hours.

From The Reverberator by James, Henry

He had never dreamed of trying it on Octavius before, and only on the yesterday had quavered at his own daring in choosing it now.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Frederic, Harold

It stood for a moment in rigid immobility, then ere the maniacal echoes of that shout had quavered into silence among the cliffs, it shoggled over the ridge and was lost to view.

From The Sign of the Spider by Mitford, Bertram

When he had quavered through the last note he let the pipes fall and gazed about him with a smile, like a happy old child.

From Hillsboro People by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield