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/trˈɛmbəlɪŋ/ /trˈɛmblɪŋ/ Listen

Trembling

adjective

Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze. Synonyms: shaky, shivering. "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"

noun

A shaky motion. Synonyms: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, vibration.

Tremble

verb

(past & past part. trembled; pres. part. trembling)

Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.

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"Trembling" Quotes from Famous Books

... two cards to each tableau, two to himself. Anastasius, trembling with nervous excitement, stretched out a palsied little fist towards the cards. He drew them towards him, face downwards, peeped at them in the most approved manner, and in a husky voice called for an ...

— Simon the Jester • William J. Locke

... presented his father-in-law, under certain circumstances, which need not be repeated in this last chronicle of Barsetshire. Have they not been written in other chronicles? "When poor papa does go, what will you do about St Ewold's?" said Mrs Grantly, trembling inwardly. A word too much might, as she well knew, settle the question against Mr Crawley for ever. But were she to postpone the word till too late, the question would be ...

— The Last Chronicle of Barset • Anthony Trollope

... by the intercession of two pious bishops. It is said that upon this they fell into a deep sleep, which lasted three days, and that four of them died; the rest continuing to suffer all their lives from a trembling of their limbs.[62] It is not worth while to separate what may have been true and what the addition of crafty priests in this strangely distorted story. It is sufficient that it was believed, and related with astonishment ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various

... and she could not help fearing that the days of her only relative were numbered. Every week Jessie saw a marked change in her. She could no longer get up and downstairs without the greatest difficulty, her eyesight grew worse, and her trembling fingers refused to hold a needle, while she could scarcely convey her food to her mouth. In one respect she had not changed: her mind remained clear and her trust in God as firm as ever. She knew that she was dying, though she was loth ...

— The Two Shipmates • William H. G. Kingston

... Mrs. M'Alister, was, the smiling servant-maid told Miss Merivale, and led the way into the front sitting-room. The boys ran upstairs. Miss Merivale heard them shouting to their mother that a lady wanted her, and she sat down on a chair near the door, trembling all over. ...

— Miss Merivale's Mistake • Mrs. Henry Clarke

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