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quivering
1. adj. shaking, shivering
The quivering mass of jello rocked back and forth incessantly but remained on the plate.
2. n. A motion by which something quivers or trembles.
quiverings of the eyelid
quiver
1. n. (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
2. n. (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver.
3. n. (obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
4. n. (mathematics) A multidigraph.
5. adj. (archaic) Nimble, active.
6. v. (intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

Example Sentences

But it hardly felt great enough a threat to keep us all cringing and quivering indoors.  His voice is high, quivering, mournful, heartbreakingly beautiful and weirdly distant.  She cries out inarticulately, after a second walks shaking to the cat and with quivering hands grabs the twine and tugs at it until it breaks off.  For weeks, these fledglings have been feeding themselves at the bird table, but as soon as an adult bird appears, they collapse into fat fluffy cheeps, with quivering wings, open beaks and an urgent need for food.

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