Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by quivering.
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- adjective In a state of
excitement ,trepidation oragitation ;quivering .
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Examples
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A Vesuvius of spittle and sweat, with lips aquiver and eyes bugged-out, Fleck's devo-esque performance provides him with a sweat-lodge purge and us with a fascinating look at faulty-idol worship that pre-dates, by a couple of decades, Michael Jackson.
James Scarborough: Mad Women, The Skylight Theatre, Los Feliz James Scarborough 2011
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A Vesuvius of spittle and sweat, with lips aquiver and eyes bugged-out, Fleck's devo-esque performance provides him with a sweat-lodge purge and us with a fascinating look at faulty-idol worship that pre-dates, by a couple of decades, Michael Jackson.
James Scarborough: Mad Women, The Skylight Theatre, Los Feliz James Scarborough 2011
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A Vesuvius of spittle and sweat, with lips aquiver and eyes bugged-out, Fleck's devo-esque performance provides him with a sweat-lodge purge and us with a fascinating look at faulty-idol worship that pre-dates, by a couple of decades, Michael Jackson.
James Scarborough: Mad Women, The Skylight Theatre, Los Feliz James Scarborough 2011
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He was aquiver with the idea that he had glimpsed an animating force—“the secret of life.”
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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When I finally managed to scramble down, my legs were all aquiver, and my palms were studded with splinters.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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A Vesuvius of spittle and sweat, with lips aquiver and eyes bugged-out, Fleck's devo-esque performance provides him with a sweat-lodge purge and us with a fascinating look at faulty-idol worship that pre-dates, by a couple of decades, Michael Jackson.
James Scarborough: Mad Women, The Skylight Theatre, Los Feliz James Scarborough 2011
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When I finally managed to scramble down, my legs were all aquiver, and my palms were studded with splinters.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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How often do we get butterflies and feel aquiver with expectation and fear?
Kook Peter Heller 2010
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Mason, his massive features apoplectic in hue, and his vast bulk aquiver with righteous indignation, raised a shrill voice to address them.
"Power" by Harl Vincent, part 7 Johnny Pez 2010
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Is it "the little hairs on the back of my neck go all aquiver?"
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