tremble
verb (used without object)
to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
has trembled
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present perfectof tremble (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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Ever since moviemaking became a major U.S. industry, Hollywood has trembled at the mere suggestion of outside censorship.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your heart has trembled to my tongue, Your hands in mine have lain, Your thought to me has leaned and clung, Again and yet again, My dear, Again and yet again.
From Poems by William Ernest Henley
That is the hero before whom Europe has trembled; the daring prince who caused the sun to rise upon his country, and awaken the spirits to cheerful life.
From Old Fritz and the New Era by Peter Langley
Thou hast heretofore been met with under the word; thy heart has melted, thy spirit has fallen, thy soul has trembled, and thou hast felt something of the power of the gospel.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by John Bunyan
For years in the sun we floated, For ages that yellow star Behind the poplar has trembled, And down to the wine-dark deep, While softer day dissembled The Midsummer call to sleep.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. August 6, 1887. by Various
