Trembling (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
- The old man's trembling hands struggled to hold the cup of coffee.
- The leaves of the aspen tree were trembling in the gentle morning breeze.
- After the accident, the witness was left trembling with fear.
- The child's trembling voice asked for her mother as she lay in the hospital bed.
- The hikers had to navigate the trembling bridge that spanned the deep chasm.