shudder
verb (used without object)
to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.
have shuddered
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present perfectof shudder.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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“I hate thinking about all the magazines and newsweeklies and newspapers that have shuddered to a halt since I began working,” Orlean writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
With everyone watching Wyoming, global bond markets have shuddered again this week even as stock markets stabilised.
From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2022
Markets around the world have shuddered as investors adjust to the bitter medicine of higher interest rates that central banks are increasingly doling out to battle inflation.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Ohno would have shuddered at the thought that his ideas were being applied in this manner.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021
I heard her sigh, and she must have shuddered too when she thought of Ultima living alone in the loneliness of the wide llano.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
