quiver
verb (used with or without object)
to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
has quivered
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present perfectof quiver (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Some forgotten sodalities: For months the world-straddling empire of Henry Ford has quivered and groaned like a leviathan with acute indigestion.
From Time Magazine Archive
The market has quivered, waiting for the U.S. to say when and how it would sell so large an amount of tin, and for what price.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Often, often, my gracious liege, till his lip has quivered and his eye has glistened!"
From The Vale of Cedars by Grace Aguilar
Many a little heart has quivered over the punishment inflicted for "lying", when willful misrepresentation was not in his thoughts.
From The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training by Antoinette Abernethy Lamoreaux
