Example Sentences

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I was telling you of the way hell's foundations have been quivering since I got home.

From Right Ho, Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

She and France have been quivering on the verge of war for many a year.

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

If she hadn't kept a strong grip on herself, her lip would have been quivering still.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice