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• The quivering mass of jello rocked back and forth incessantly but remained on the plate.From the entry quivering
• An ashen bow and quiver of arrows beside.From the entry ashen
• The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered.From the entry nether
• There were red hibiscus flowers splashed all over it, yellow dots quivering at the stamens.2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 231. From the entry hibiscus
• I pick up my hairbrush, my eyelash curler, my mascara: my arsenal of weapons, my quiver.2020, Lucy Foley, The Guest List, Harper Collins, →ISBN. From the entry eyelash curler
• The presence of a snail could reduce me to an uncontrollable and quivering wreck within seconds.2017, Maria Hocking, “Finding Self Love”, in Strip Naked and Re-Dress with Happiness: How to Survive and Thrive Through Personal…. From the entry molluscophobia
• His hat and quiver are both of the Percy family livery colours.2012, Martin Windrow, Osprey Men-At-Arms: A Celebration, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 108. From the entry almain rivet
• He turned and quivered like a child, this worthless man that I reviled.2011, Felix Hagan, “Vengeance On My Mind”, in Dawn Breaks, the Monster Wakes.... From the entry revile
• This to no avail, given that Ivan has been reduced to a quivering puddle of orange dumbdom.2011, Douglas Dunn/Cujo, The Cujo Cat Chronicles, page 28. From the entry dumbdom
• Jolene pulled off Kip's pants, exposing his quivering pink member to the lesbionic onlookers.2003, Bett Williams, The Wrestling Party, Alyson Publishing, published 2003, page 141. From the entry lesbionic
• The whole, long, thick, meaty shaft of it quivered as if eager to dispel my mouth.2002, Jean Marie Stine, Trans-Sexual - Page 68. From the entry meaty
• 'slightly' feels unnecessary, and breaks the feel of 'tense and quivering'.2002 November 17, Dani Emers, “Consolation // MikeB”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments (Usenet). From the entry adverbify
• They also fly with head sunk in 'shoulders', tail slightly raised and wings quivering, calling 'tchick tchick'.1974, Winwood Reade, Eric Hosking, Nesting Birds, Eggs and Fledglings, page 217. From the entry tchick
• Gently I pressed my quivering sting along her rolling salty eyeball. ‘Goody-goody,’ she said nictating.1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita. From the entry nictate
• Sea-water wet their feet, wind tossed their hair, excitement quivered in every fibre of their aliveness.1944, Emily Carr, “Beacon Hill”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry aliveness
• Shaft of dense black above its center, quivering circles on the asphalt set in circles of black.1918, Louise Dunham Goldsberry, “Out of the Depths”, in Ted: And Some Other Stories, Boston, M.A.: The Gorham Press, page 146. From the entry globeful
• I realized at once that indescribable quiver in the air of momentous events.1916 January, Hugh Walpole, “The Forest”, in The Dark Forest, London: Martin Secker […], →OCLC, part II, page 245. From the entry realize
• Notwithstanding the hecticity of the murky atmosphere, in which there was not a quiver from the U.1913 August 10, Jerry Mack, “Knell of Day Terminates Game in the Ninth With No Decision; Umpire Sullivan Calls Off Fray With Score Even Up…. From the entry hecticity
• She had to pick her steps to avoid the flutters of the quivering, bleeding bodies.1907, Journal of Zoöphily, volume 14, number 3, Philadelphia: American Anti-Vivisection Society, page 26. From the entry pick
• He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennæ of an insect.1901 August – 1902 April, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Mr. Sherlock Holmes”, in The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock…. From the entry agile
• They are planting homemade motion detectors on the quivering slopes.2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic. From the entry motion detector
• A long howl quivered through the night.2016, Glenn Dromgoole, West Texas Stories, ACU Press, →ISBN. From the entry skiff
• Below her formidable eyes her fangs are flanked by limb-like mouthparts: her palps, coloured a startling white like a quivering moustache.2015, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Time, Pan Books (2016), page 20. From the entry palp
• Cameron could feel no werewolvish urges in his body, no strange desire to stretch and quiver and change.2014, Roy Gill, “Pretty Good Year”, in Werewolf Parallel, KelpiesTeen, Floris Books, →ISBN, page 268. From the entry werewolvish
• Satisfied with my prowess as a dip-netter, I dunked the quivering mass and let them continue on their frantic run.2013, Joe Fitzgerald, Chasing Pisces in Nova Scotia: An Angling Odyssey, →ISBN. From the entry dip-netter
• Smith's nostrils quivered to that scent of unhumanity.2011, C.L. Moore, Northwest of Earth, →ISBN. From the entry unhumanity
• The movement set her creamy breasts to quivering.2011, Piper Maitland, Acquainted With the Night, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN. From the entry jim-jam
• He ran his hand up her quivering shoulder.2009, Allison Leigh, Valentine's Fortune, Silhouette, →ISBN, page 186. From the entry honeygirl
• The edge of Titus's mouth quivers in laughter.2008, E. Lockhart, Fly on the Wall. From the entry gherkin
• I pulled my quiver off my bow, ran an arrow through my Whisker Biscuit, and leaned back on my leg.2006, Jimmy Sites, Jason Cruise, Into the High Country, unnumbered page. From the entry whisker biscuit
• Her dark-blonde hair, worn long at Oxford, had been cut and backcombed, Diana-style, and quivered when she shook her head.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry backcomb
• Red-haired and freckled, he wore a studded brigantine, high boots, fingerless leather gloves, and a quiver on his back.2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Arya [Stark]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager…. From the entry brigandine
• It quivers, densens, then explodes in black.1992, Wiesław Myśliwski, The palace, page 109. From the entry densen
• However, one group of Americans at the Embassy doesn’t creep around quivering in anxiety about being RPGed or machinegunned.1981 November, B.P., “U.S. Embassy”, in Soldier of Fortune, volume 6, number 11, page 53. From the entry RPG
• The horse grabbled it up with quivering lips.1962, Meindert DeJong, chapter 7, in The Singing Hill,, New York: Harper & Row, page 110. From the entry grabble
• The straw was all arustle as Leah drew herself taut as a bow, then stretched quivering to her full length.1962, Gwyn Jones, The Walk Home, page 98. From the entry arustle
• The vindictive mockery in her voice made his brain quiver.1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XVIII, in Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for…. From the entry vindictive
• She only drew a long quivering sigh.1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 7, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC. From the entry sigh

Meaning of quiver

1. noun A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
2. noun A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
3. noun A vulva.

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How do you use quiver in a sentence?

Quiver is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver.”

What is a short sentence with quiver?

“The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered.”

What does quiver mean?

Quiver means a container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.