quaver
verb (used without object)
to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble.
quaveringly
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a word derived from
quaver.
Example Sentences
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At best, most of us might be like Meryl Streep’s Katharine Graham in The Post, happy to ignore trouble as long as possible, but when finally tested, we quaveringly summon the courage to act.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2018
His quaveringly sensitive, refined, yet defiantly insistent voice – “Everyone has been very kind....” – became much imitated, much parodied.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2017
Anthony De Santis, a victimized restaurant owner, testified quaveringly: "I haven't slept for months due to some of the things that have happened in our area."
From Time Magazine Archive
Vahlberg quaveringly said it wasn't so, but he could not explain a personal check he had written to pay some "Ted Smith" taxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
There had been no evil to mar that propitious night, because she had listened; there had been no voice of evil; no screech owl had quaveringly disturbed the stillness.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
