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trembling

  • present participle
    of tremble.
    tremble
    verb (used without object)
    to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
  • a word derived from tremble.
    tremble
    verb (used without object)
    to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.

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“Bittersweet memories, that’s all I am taking with me,” Parton sings in a voice trembling with determination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Videos posted online showed one dog, Cash, trembling in his kennel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Standing in line, I noticed the man in front of me was trembling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

"I made a mistake," he says, his voice trembling as an unseen interrogator presses him about the deaths of members of Iran's security forces.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

Slowly she raised a trembling hand and placed it on my chest, right over my heart.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff