shuddering

American  

[shuhd-er-ing] / ˈʃʌd ər ɪŋ /

adjective

1. trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.

2. Also shuddery. characterized by or causing a shudder.

   a shuddering plunge of the ship.

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Other Word Forms

• shudderingly adverb
• unshuddering adjective

Etymology

Origin of shuddering

shudder + -ing ²

Example Sentences

He wanted to vault over the fallen trees and run like the wind and leave this shuddering, destructive, unpredictable piece of Earth far behind him.

From Literature

She tried again, her breath shuddering in her chest.

From Literature

George felt it too, shuddering and folding in on himself to conserve heat.

From Literature

I picked up the blue cockade again and turned it in my fingers, shuddering to think of what Jemma would do if she saw me mixing among Baltimore’s secessionists.

From Literature

She pulled Anat in closer, her whole body shuddering with the chill.

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