Quivering (Noun)
Meaning 1
The act of vibrating.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
A shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Her quivering voice revealed the anxiety she had been hiding beneath the surface.
- The tiny leaf on the end of the stem underwent a faint quivering as the spider began to wrap its thread around it.
- He grasped the bow with a steady hand but couldn't stop the quivering of the arrow.
- After she rode the intense rollercoaster her hands underwent a brief but violent quivering as she laughed hysterically.
- His arm felt an unexplainable quivering whenever he grasped his sister's delicate crystal figurine.