Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: quivering
IPA transcription: [kw'ɪvɚɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: vibration, quiver, quivering
    Meaning: the act of vibrating
  • Synonyms: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation
    Meaning: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
Usage examples
  • Her lips were quivering.
  • Dick's nerves were quivering.
  • She forced a faint quivering smile
  • She hid her face in her hands, quivering.
  • She softened her frown to a quivering smile
  • Mr Lessingham turned to me, all quivering with excitement.
  • 'I shall look forward to Sunday with every fibre quivering.
  • Like the quivering image of a landscape in a flowing stream
  • He was beside himself, crimson in the face and quivering all over.
  • Milburgh's lips were quivering with fear and his face was a pasty grey.