Example Sentences

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The long room and the passages beyond must have quivered.

From The Golden Scarecrow by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

She told Belle long afterward, she knew her voice must have quivered.

From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)

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 Birmingham, George A.

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 Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

His hands, perhaps, should have quivered with tension.

From Space Tug by Leinster, Murray