judder
verb (used without object)
to vibrate violently.
juddered
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past participleof judder.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof judder.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
judderverb (used without object)to vibrate violently.
Example Sentences
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The old stadium was a seething mass of orange, barely a seat to be had, and it rocked and juddered as United found their rhythm.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2022
I cemented my future place among the former as I juddered down the hill, my tender toes slamming into the fronts of my shoes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2021
The picture panels in the porch door juddered when she slammed it behind her.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2019
On a recent weekday, a Gold Line train juddered slightly as it navigated around a curve west of the Sierra Madre Villa station, in an area where five of the crashes have taken place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2019
It felt like that: the earth juddered, and Mr. Dandy fell, would have fallen into the darkness, but he caught hold of the fallen headstone, threw his arms about it and locked on.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
