quiver
verb (used with or without object)
to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
is quivering
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present progressiveof quiver (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Shrug we may, but I’ll bet that over in Baltimore the Washington Monument — the real Washington Monument, as Baltimoreans insist ad nauseam — is quivering at its base.
From Washington Post
The industry is quivering with the unmistakable impulse of a new "trend."
From Time Magazine Archive
My jaw is quivering, but it’s a small quiver.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
“I just wanted to tell you first,” she says, and now her voice is quivering, too.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
We can see from the tense position of his head in the picture that his whole body is quivering with motion.
From Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
