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Tremor   /trˈɛmər/   Listen
Tremor

noun
1.
An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear).  Synonym: shudder.
2.
A small earthquake.  Synonyms: earth tremor, microseism.
3.
Shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease).
verb
1.
Shake with seismic vibrations.  Synonym: quake.



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"Tremor" Quotes from Famous Books



... little tremor went through Toby. She spoke with an effort. "I thought he was off his pony that time, ...
— Charles Rex • Ethel M. Dell
... you for that thought of me," he said, with a tremor in his voice. "You don't know how much that means ...
— The Lone Star Ranger • Zane Grey
... to my bed, and fell into a profound slumber, which lasted till what must have been the time of the gathering in of the shades of night. I then rose. Missing Zaleski, I sought through all the chambers for him. He was nowhere to be seen. The negro informed me with an affectionate and anxious tremor in the voice that his master had left the rooms some hours before, but had said nothing to him. I ordered the man to descend and look into the sacristy of the small chapel wherein I had deposited my caleche, and in the field behind, where my horse should be. He returned with the news that both ...
— Prince Zaleski • M.P. Shiel
... by him again, and her gown Brushed his knee. A light tremor went shivering down His whole body. She left on the air as she went A subtle suggestion of perfume; the scent Which steals out of some fans, or old laces, and seems Full of soft fragrant fancies and languorous dreams. She haunted the mind, ...
— Three Women • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
... of experience. The wily Stevens led her on, gave stimulus to her enthusiasm, made her dreams become reasonable in her eyes, and laughed at them in his secret heart. She sung at his suggestion, and sang her own verses with all that natural tremor which even the most self-assured poet feels on such ...
— Charlemont • W. Gilmore Simms


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