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How to use tremble in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Tremble means to shake, quiver, or vibrate. Example: “The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.”

Examples of tremble by meaning

verbTo shake, quiver, or vibrate.

  • Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears
  • The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.

More sentences with tremble

  • His breath ruttled as he blew outward and sent the plants to trembling.2020, Marly Youmans, Charis in the World of Wonders: A Novel Set in Puritan New England, page 216. From the entry ruttle
  • His advisors mouth-breathed at the side of His Obesity, who trembled with delight.2017, Ron Smith, The Humility of the Brutes, Louisiana State University Press, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry mouth-breathe
  • “Later, tater,” she said, trying to keep the tremble from her voice.2015, Jamie McGuire, Among Monsters, page 9. From the entry later, tater
  • Did those small creatures scuffling over leaves and roots hear the owls calling, and tremble in fear?2014, James Robertson, 365: Stories. From the entry strigine
  • But now that you understand the truth, you tremble and forecry a thousand dooms.2014, Michael Boatman, Last God Standing. From the entry forecry
  • “She used the sacred name.” Melanie held her hand to her mouth and trembled.2014 January 1, Claire Chilton, Deceased Dora (Teen Fantasy Series), Ragz Books, →ISBN. From the entry Fredward
  • "Hiyah, honeysweets; good candy!" She saluted him and then placed his reluctant hand on her trembling thigh.2014, Harlan Ellison, Over the Edge: Stories and Essays. From the entry hiyah
  • Mama sent me to my room for telling fibs.' Nella's bottom lip trembled.2010, Michelle Styles, chapter 4, in Compromising Miss Milton (Mills & Boon Historical), Richmond, Surrey: Mills & Boon, →ISBN. From the entry Banbury story of a cock and a bull
  • It's much like anesthesia– And mysteriously, my trembling gradually starts to lessen.2008, Hayashi Naotaka, “Prologue”, in Chaos;Head. From the entry boring
  • With every shake, tremble and quiverness of body, you are home more than you are on Earth.2007, Nadia Khalil Bradley, Origins of Truth. From the entry quiverness
  • Never “tremble and obey” if doing so will damage or destroy your business in China.2005, James McGregor, One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China, page 153. From the entry tremble and obey
  • “All traffic all the time, every minute on the minute.” The radio waves trembled with Mother’s voice.2004 June, Martin Mundt, The Crawling Abattoir, 3rd edition, Twilight Tales, page 103. From the entry nuts to butts
  • It is the Kolarian and Waryn that have attacked,” he said trembling.2003, Aisline Earthstorm, Carpathia Tuathenia, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry Kolarian
  • His lower lip trembled as he blinked up at her from behind his round, Harry Potter spectacles.2003, Jill Mansell, Staying at Daisy's, page 101. From the entry Harry Potter spectacles
  • "Looky here, looky here." He's got four little bright coins on his outstretched trembling hand.1989, Elizabeth Jolley, The Travelling Entertainer. From the entry looky
  • She moans with delight and throws her body around and trembles uncontrollably.1982, Nancy Friday, Forbidden Flowers. From the entry double dildo
  • She slammed the door shut and adjusted the draw with trembling fingers.1981, Stephen King, Do the Dead Sing?. From the entry draw
  • "Can you tell?" she asked, in a trembling but well modulated and sensual voice.1980 April 19, Andrea Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 10. From the entry modulate
  • A poignant complaint, piercing wondersong, registering with her frail untaught soprano trembling tones in the uppermost treble-world.1980, Curtis White, Heretical Songs, page 2. From the entry wondersong
  • Almost as if in answer to his questions, Spotty began to feel his body tremble.1978, anonymous author, “How the Giraffe Decided”, in Eleanor Clarke, compiler, Inside Out, Troy, N.Y.: Regal Art Press; United Methodist…. From the entry measley
  • Behind the initials was a metaphor, a delirium tremens, a trembling unfurrowing of the mind's ploughshare.1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 95. From the entry dt
  • And his poor little head, trembling under the weight of it!1964, A Hard Day's Night, spoken by Grandfather (Wilfrid Brambell). From the entry hooter
  • For a trembling split second Eddington's fieldboot poised over the Senator for a kick.1962, James Bassett, Harm's Way, page 298. From the entry fieldboot
  • Anxiety group characterised by palpitation, excessive micturation, vertigo, shortness of breath, gastro-intestinal disturbances, trembling, agitolalia, etc.1962, Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress, page 521. From the entry agitolalia
  • His fustian shirt, sanguineflowered, trembles its Spanish tassels at his secrets.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 3: Proteus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 43. From the entry fustian
  • Her breaths were coming in a happy storm, her face crimsoning, her nostrils playing in trembling dilation.1912, Frederick Palmer, Over the Pass. From the entry crimsoning
  • For a moment Miss Car'line twisted the note between fingers which no longer trembled.1912, The Painter and Decorator, volume 26, page 79. From the entry unmistakingly
  • Small wonder that, in her trembling confusion, she misshuffled notes and slid Helen's into Bender's envelope.1906, Herman Whitaker, The Settler, page 208. From the entry misshuffle
  • Little Stanislovas was also trembling, and all but too frightened to speak.1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter XVII, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906…. From the entry gulp
  • She felt him shiver, his body tremble cold against hers.2023, Mary Chamberlain, The Lie. From the entry frorn
  • Twentysomething Alice works in publishing, so is instantly in awe of this old man offering her chocolate with a trembling hand.2018 February 28, Justine Jordan, “Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday review – a dizzying debut”, in The Guardian. From the entry dead ringer
  • You want to drop the pilot?” Bessie nodded, trembling.2018, Charlotte Laws, Devil in the Basement. From the entry drop the pilot
  • Her legs trembled with the sudden fear of being alone.2015, Jennifer Probst, chapter 3, in Searching for Beautiful, Gallery Books, page 20. From the entry papa-bear
  • “And these weirdlings, who are they?” she asked, with as much of a sneer as her trembling lips allowed.2002, Ray Aldridge, Pharaoh Contract. From the entry weirdling
  • Would she again laugh at my trembling Yiddish?2002, Marcia Lubell, “Dreams”, in Jessica Rapisarda, editor, The Eternal Sea (Letters from the Soul), Owing Mills, Md.: International…. From the entry blintse
  • The prosecutor, his voice trembling, added that the "N-word" was so vile that he would not utter it.1995 January 14, Kenneth B. Noble, “Issue of Racism Erupts in Simpson Trial”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry n-word
  • Here his hand trembled as he set his pen to the proclamation that declared slaves thenceforth and forever free.1994 February 12, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address. From the entry thenceforth
  • I look at the little sprigs of chickweed trembling among the bean shoots and I am strangely moved.1993, John Banville, Ghosts. From the entry chickweed

Meaning of tremble

  1. verb To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
  2. verb To fear; to be afraid.
  3. noun A shake, quiver, or vibration.

Full definition of tremble

Questions about tremble in a sentence

How do you use tremble in a sentence?
Tremble is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.”
What is a short sentence with tremble?
“Would she again laugh at my trembling Yiddish?”
What does tremble mean?
Tremble means to shake, quiver, or vibrate.

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