quiver
verb (used with or without object)
to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
Example Sentences
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For a film that contains no explicit violence or violations, “The Lost Daughter” nonetheless feels quiveringly, exhilaratingly close to something taboo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
As with the couple’s monochromatic videos, the results are quiveringly vital.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2019
“Then we translated them back into English and read them aloud. The results were these oddly clarified, quiveringly bizarre mini-gems.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2015
Then one of the church elders cradled his head and slowly, quiveringly, Jet let himself go under. ♦
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 1, 2014
As for a divorced daughter from a intercommunity love marriage—Baby Kochamma chose to remain quiveringly silent on the subject.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
