verb
definition
To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
noun
definition
A motion by which something quivers or trembles.
example
quiverings of the eyelid
adjective
definition
Shaking, shivering
example
The quivering mass of jello rocked back and forth incessantly but remained on the plate.
Examples of quivering in a Sentence
Martha bit her quivering lip and began to cry.
Her hands ceased quivering as she ran them across his chest, over his firm shoulders and shapely arms before returning to his chest.
She wiped away a few stray tears, hands quivering.
Yes, there it was, all quivering in the warm sunshine, its blossom-laden branches almost touching the long grass.
What was expressed by the whole of the count's plump figure, in Marya Dmitrievna found expression only in her more and more beaming face and quivering nose.
She met his gaze and knew her lip was quivering.
For the big yellow mass of quivering bleary cross eyed blubber bulged from the crab pot in a manner totally inhuman.
Up shot the game play pool yahoo glittering, quivering tentacle of Rosium, vibrating for a few moments like a thread of silver.
Balashev noticed that his left leg was quivering faster than before and his face seemed petrified in its stern expression.
Whip Me Cream is a more subtle, creamy shade that makes your quivering lips taste of sweet cream.
I can already read the questions on your quivering lips.
She bit her lips to keep them from quivering and blinked her eyes to get rid of the blur.
He drew himself up instead to face death, with a quivering nostril.
A carpet was drawn across the ghastly spectacle, and the tyrant resumed his feast over the still quivering limbs of the dying.
The pixel bestiary commences an instinctive dance to the throb and pulse of the quivering heap as a state of wild transfiguration is achieved.
Up shot the game play pool Yahoo glittering, quivering tentacle of Rosium, vibrating for a few moments like a thread of silver.
The killing of Bambi 's mother can make a quivering wreck of the toughest cookie.
Little by little the sweating, quivering limbs were stilled, the tense muscles in the neck relax...
After a minute or two, he started quivering again.
What a big STEAM id you have, said Little Red Riding Hood her voice quivering slightly.
Every nerve was strained and quivering with excitement, and in every chamber was a round of ammunition waiting.
Allan, her cat, jumped off her lap and ran to the edge of the porch quivering with fear.
On a lighter note, what ' next-gen ' titles have got you quivering with anticipation?
And yet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous hands which loose the string And let them drop down on my knee to-night.
Martha bit her quivering lip and continued stroking the contended cat, but didn't let herself cry as she sat at the table.
Every muscle of his thin face was now quivering with nervous excitement; his eyes, in which the fire of life had seemed extinguished, now flashed with brilliant light.
Why do you think I pressed the blasted SEND button, you quivering heap of incandescently imbecilic IT idiocy?
She spoke against his chest in a quivering voice.
This quivering of his left leg was a thing Napoleon was conscious of.
It is well known in England for its graceful habit, the slender, grey - or white - barked stem, the delicate, drooping branches and the quivering leaves, a bright, clear green in s p r i n g, becoming duller in the summer, but often keeping their greenness rather late into the 5 autumn.
Pale, with quivering lips, Pierre snatched the copy.
The buoyant motion of the water filled me with an exquisite, quivering joy.
Compelled to him like nothing else in the world, she touched his face with a quivering hand.
During the speech that followed, Balashev, who more than once lowered his eyes, involuntarily noticed the quivering of Napoleon's left leg which increased the more Napoleon raised his voice.
Princess Mary, pale and with quivering chin, came out from that room and taking Natasha by the arm said something to her.
Karay finished scratching his hindquarters and, cocking his ears, got up with quivering tail from which tufts of matted hair hung down.
On every festive occasion, as a saint's day, birth, marriage, &c., it is customary for a rich man to collect his friends and neighbours, and kill a cow and one or two sheep. The principal parts of the cow are eaten raw while yet warm and quivering, the remainder being cut into small pieces and cooked with the favourite sauce of butter and red pepper paste.
But Pierre's face quivering with emotion, his questions and his eager restless expression, gradually compelled her to go into details which she feared to recall for her own sake.
He throws himself prostrate on the ground, with every feather on his body standing up and quivering; but he seems as if he were afraid of coming too near his mistress.