Example Sentences

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And she watched me, my chin was quivering and and she was like, “All right, I guess we’re going to Spokane.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

“I was quivering all over,” she writes in her new book, “What Can I Do?”

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2020

When I did take Mike’s phone call, I was still so upset my voice was quivering when I started to speak.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2019

“His whole face was quivering like when you’re freezing,” Alicia said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2018

Sam was quivering, the fine, delicate fear-quivering of a hornet suspended in the air, undecided between fear and hate.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury