Shivering (Adjective)
Meaning
Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- After the frightening encounter, she stood shivering beside the door.
- Her hand held the violin with shivering fingers as the notes resonated through the concert hall.
- He stood transfixed with his shivering gaze fixed upon the roaring sea.
- Children often trembled, but this boy was shivering with actual fear as an intense storm raged outside.
- In the arctic landscape, adventurers find the pale, moonlit northern willow often forms a shivering haze of late leaves.