atremble
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of atremble
Example Sentences
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It had a crowd of 76,549 that set the place atremble.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2021
Ultimately the picture he has acted in sets cinemaddicts atremble, but Terry Rooney has already thought himself a failure, married Rita, and fled to the South Seas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newspapers across Germany were predictably atremble over Grass's revelation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once when old Otto von Bismarck's demands had set much of Europe atremble, he was asked if he wanted war.
From Time Magazine Archive
I slept—I could scarcely help sleeping—but not for long, for I suddenly awoke from a tumultuous dream, my limbs atremble, and my forehead sticky with cold sweat.
From War and the Weird by Forbes Phillips
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