quiver
1- to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
- the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
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shaking, shivering, trembling, quavering, jittery, jumpy, shaky, tremulousExamples from the Web for quivering
Contemporary Examples of quivering
The soft cry from her quivering lips meets the rhythmic beat of our rattles: the battle cry of her living nightmare.
Ten feet away, Sher scrunched into a quivering ball and began to cry.
The woman who took no nonsense from a cabinet of quivering, jelly-kneed men, some of whom loved her, some of whom loathed her.
But most of our quivering outrage is directed not at those who were clearly dishonest, but those who offend our sensibilities.
It may seem a small detail, given the heat of the moment—but so is a quivering lip.
Historical Examples of quivering
So he just sat there, quivering, bleeding, battered—but a conqueror.
A Night OutEdward Peple
In her eagerness, it was as if the halo of joy that surrounded her were quivering.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
"You don't mean that," she gasped in a quivering voice when at last she could speak.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
“He was that indeed,” she whispered softly, with quivering lips.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
Evelyn spoke quickly and nervously, and with quivering lips.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
quiver
1- (intr) to shake with a rapid tremulous movement; tremble
- the state, process, or noise of shaking or trembling
Word Origin for quiver
quiver
2- a case for arrows
Word Origin for quiver
Word Origin and History for quivering
quiver
quiver
"case for holding arrows," early 14c., from Anglo-French quiveir, Old French quivre, cuivre, probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *kukur "container" (cf. Old High German kohhari, German Köcher, Old Saxon kokar, Old Frisian koker, Old English cocur "quiver"); "said to be from the language of the Huns" [Barnhart]. Related: Quiverful.