quiver
verb (used with or without object)
to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
have quivered
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present perfectof quiver.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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The other servants might have quivered with shame and disgust if they had seen—but they saw nothing, having turned away their eyes from beholding vanity.
From The Island Mystery by George A. Birmingham
The long room and the passages beyond must have quivered.
From The Golden Scarecrow by Sir Hugh Walpole
Hearing the name of one of the most illustrious ministers and devoted actors in the terrible drama called "The Reformation," Christophe quivered as a faithful peasant might have quivered on recognizing his disguised king.
From Catherine De Medici by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
My voice may have quivered just a little.
From A Man in the Open by Roger Pocock
Every nerve, which despair can call into action, is excited in one giant effort, and a scream of anguish seems just to have quivered on those marble lips.
From Views a-foot by Bayard Taylor
