as in shivers
an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold
with a tremble, she ventured out into the snow
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Noun
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For more cold-climate shivers also see Finnish Weird, a quirky and often surprisingly spooky literary trove from the lands of the midnight sun.—
Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
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And at the same time, while the East shivers, much of the West will bask under unusually mild to even warm weather.—
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The music of home often quivers with nostalgia.—
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There’s a breathless mood in the air that quivers and quakes at the protests to come.—
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But as the season progressed, the [shudders] discourse really went off the rails.—
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And my list has become … shudders … out of date.—
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The former allows the player to set beats-per-minute, beats per bar, select different rhythms and whether a sound beeps and/or the device vibrates to the beat.—
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The red vibrates off the page in such a pleasing way.—
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Most astronomers believe its diameter fluctuates from about 400 million miles to over 800 million miles.—
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That leaves 28,461 vehicles – although that number fluctuates daily – eligible to be towed, Knox said in an email.—
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“Trembles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trembles. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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