Example Sentences

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Despite all the times I shuddered at the trailer tagline, “Believe in the Hail Mary,” over the last year, I really do.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

"Now I'm afraid of the river," he shuddered.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Planners shuddered, while architects looked away, even as they accepted handsome commissions to build some of L.A.’s — if not the world’s — most iconic buildings.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Beneath one of them, a navy blue sea of bobbing arms and swinging legs shuddered to a bone-trembling halt as they gazed upwards.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2023

The moment he said Pond’s name he shuddered, remembering how sick Pond had looked.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young