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trembles

British  
/ ˈtrɛmbəlz /

noun

  1. Also called: milk sickness.  a disease of cattle and sheep characterized by muscular incoordination and tremor, caused by ingestion of white snakeroot or rayless goldenrod

  2. a nontechnical name for Parkinson's disease

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The receipt trembles in my hand, and I blink, but I know that no amount of blinking will make it right.

From Literature

"Everyone still trembles at any loud noise," he added.

From Barron's

Andre’s voice trembles as he rolls a mismatched pair of socks into a ball, then chucks it at the wall.

From Literature

She shakes her whole body, until the cab of the truck trembles with her.

From Literature

Her voice trembles with anger as she explains how she found out the news that he had died on the front line in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine in 2023.

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