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The final scenes race to a shuddery climax vividly crafted by Mr. Chu, who concludes with some suitably wonderful imagery and a pleasing reference to the signature poster art of the Broadway version.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

The talented Morano, whose work on the TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” shows a knack for shuddery grim realism, sometimes seems to want to subvert the espionage-action genre by bludgeoning the pleasure out of it.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2020

In the interest of shuddery giggles, the High Line’s public-art component might include the periodic warning blast of a locomotive whistle.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2014

The shuddery revulsion that the new Yahoo policy inspires isn’t just that it seems to ignore the individual needs to its employees.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2013

I spun and slid to a shuddery stop by the edge of the lake.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell