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shudders

  • plural of shudder.
  • present tense form of shudder (3rd person singular).

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Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2026

Shona Banu still shudders when she thinks of the past few days.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2025

Allied leaders will by and large keep their shudders under wraps.

From Slate Nov. 6, 2024

Before Ma can answer, the ground beneath our feet shudders as the volcano belches out more lava and smoke.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott