quaver
verb (used without object)
to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble.
were quavering
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past progressiveof quaver.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Once more she was a fresh-cheeked lass of eighteen; she was at evening church, and the hectic writing-master and she were quavering out of the same psalm-book.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
The first notes were quavering as the man's big frame shook, but the little hands across his eyes seemed to steady him, and the final flourish was like a call of triumph.
From Hillsboro People by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
