Example Sentences

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“They got him,” Ms. Dillon’s character quavers in “Close Encounters” after her son is snatched by aliens through the doggy-door in their kitchen.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2023

“There are things out there,” a character quavers.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2020

Picture the moment, as he quavers, “The sun has gone to bed and so must I,” before curling up in mock sleep and being borne offstage by Ivanka.

From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2017

They are also asked to say “Aaah” for 10 seconds into the phone; measuring how much the voice quavers can help to tell doctors about their muscle tone.

From Nature • Nov. 3, 2015

The light filtering in from above shifts again, and the figure quavers as though she were watching through a heat haze, though Mr. A. H— remains comparatively crisp and clear.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern