shudder
verb (used without object)
to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.
were shuddering
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past progressiveof shudder.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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It is only a tremendous quaking of the whole building, as though the earth were shuddering.
From The Jewel City by Ben Macomber
The party gazed hurriedly from face to face, and became aware that one of their party had vanished into the great darkness, even while they were shuddering at the remote possibility of such a misfortune.
From The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni by Nathaniel Hawthorne
About the time of Wallenstein's appearance, we of this gifted land were shuddering at The Castle Spectre!
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle
Some were quite pale, while others had drops of sweat upon their brows: some were shuddering, while others looked feverish.
From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
And those who could not get away were shuddering at the blinds drawn down, and huddling away from the mutes at the doors, and turning pale at the funeral bells.
From George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
