Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shaky; unstable.
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- adjective Apt to
quaver .
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Examples
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Bits of memory came, shadow shapes that took focus: the trilithons, the worlds we had seen, Kenleth standing with Derek and Lupe in the crawler, blinking at his tears and calling his quavery farewell.
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A quavery voice comes from down the block, a convict bitching about nothing in particular.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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"It would be good to set the mizzen-topgallant," I heard Captain West mutter in a weak, quavery voice.
CHAPTER XXXVIII 2010
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Her voice got quavery, and for a moment, I thought she might be about to cry.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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Her voice got quavery, and for a moment, I thought she might be about to cry.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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A quavery voice comes from down the block, a convict bitching about nothing in particular.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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It seeks to draw yet another quavery line under scandal.
That settles it for libel law reform. Thanks, Mr Murdoch 2011
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Her breathing had turned quavery, and a red blotch had popped out on her neck.
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“Hello, my boy,” the former headmaster said in his quavery old-man voice, looking up from some test tubes.
#33 Killer Connections FRANKLIN W. DIXON 2010
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“Hello, my boy,” the former headmaster said in his quavery old-man voice, looking up from some test tubes.
#33 Killer Connections FRANKLIN W. DIXON 2010
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