Thesaurus results for QUIVERED

quivered

verb

past tense of quiver

as in shook

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements aspen leaves quivering in the breeze

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Recent Examples of quivered Every once in a while, when there was a pause, my eyes started to water and my body quivered and shook a little bit. — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Each time, brown leaves that had drifted from distant trees quivered and spun on the surface. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026 Her papers quivered in her hand. — Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026 Within minutes, revellers were gasping for breath; their nostrils quivered, their lips turned blue. — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 23 May 2026 The muscles on the haunches of the poor animal quivered and jerked from the exertion. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025

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In other Asian Games events like hockey, players from both countries did embrace each other and shook hands with each other after India beat Pakistan in the semifinal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Bottle tops popped, can tabs cracked, and cocktail shakers shook all day Thursday at the Aftershock music festival at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of shook

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Conservatives shuddered to think how close the country had come to permanent entangling alliances.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
McDonald’s shares fell nearly 5% Wednesday, their largest percentage drop since April 2025, as investors shuddered at the eye-popping price of improving McDonald’s 46,000 global stores.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of shuddered

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During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerked

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The roar of the engines vibrated through the fuselage, rattling bones and teeth, while supply crates shifted and groaned with every lurch.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
And the universal consciousness of light that vibrated at my frequency is what saved me.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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