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- adjective
quivering oraquiver
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Examples
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Miller was critical in keeping Southern pols on board (including Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn, who got "quivery" about the draft issue).
Testing Ground 2008
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Come together has sum uv teh strayjest lyrics in awl uv sawng history makes me kind of quivery tu reed them:
Tabby Road - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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My legs were not best pleased with me afterwards and they went kind of quivery if I tried to squat (like sitting on a chair that isn't there), but otherwise it was okay.
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2002
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Honesty like syrup, this bird-bill must really be mine — I'm a giggling hummingbird, fighting to be still though quivery when a voice says, "Savor that popcorn, take time with it in your mouth as I will you, and I'll let you fly."
Popcorn (micro) Meg Pokrass 2011
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She hugs me, then steps away, her face quivery and tearful in the front door light.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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She supposed she should have checked with Diana before making that offer, but her daughter, looking relieved, found her telephone and held it out to Milo, who managed a quivery smile.
Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner 2010
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What happens next is that Rush derides them for their cowardice and his listeners will get all quivery but everyone else will say "what a blowhard bully."
Rush Is Having Fun 2010
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Just the way he says it—all quivery and ice-cold—sends shivers through me.
Fallout Ellen Hopkins 2010
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But instead eeked out a quivery "Okay, I'll try ..."
'Birkin' Yoga Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe 2010
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The sun shines uncertainly in the darkening sky, creating a strange quivery twilight against which all objects take on exaggerated clarity.
IMPACT 2010
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