vibrate
verb (used without object)
to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
have vibrated
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present perfectof vibrate.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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A few hours later, the popular diner was in flames, the generator later found to have vibrated across the floor to a wall, where the hot exhaust sparked the fire.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2020
And his pervasive sense of resentment must have vibrated with those who know resentment as a primary emotion.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 12, 2016
Wood itself, I dare say, must have vibrated a little at that.
From The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland
The song gradually called the Dominie to his recollection; indeed, the strain was so beautiful that it would have vibrated in the ears of a dying man.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
This legend, which is stated seriously in many histories of music, is absurd, for, as we know, the hammers would not have vibrated.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell
