TREMOR in a Sentence

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She was still in a state of highly-wrought impressionability, and every hint of the past sent a lingering tremor along her nerves.

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 Meanings and Examples of TREMOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tremor
 n.  shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  He saw a scarcely perceptible tremor cross her face, and without knowing what he did he stooped his head and kissed the bit of stuff in his hold.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  Her lids sank and a tremor crossed her face.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  She was silent, but he felt a slight tremor in the shoulder against his.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  His eyes were wide and blazing queerly and the tremor in his arms frightened her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
5  But the power of expression failed her suddenly; she felt a tremor in her throat, and two tears gathered and fell slowly from her eyes.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 12
6  She was still in a state of highly-wrought impressionability, and every hint of the past sent a lingering tremor along her nerves.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
7  The very first chords which Mademoiselle Reisz struck upon the piano sent a keen tremor down Mrs. Pontellier's spinal column.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In IX
8  When on a perfect level, it remained for a single moment, without tremor or variation, as though both man and rifle were carved in stone.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
9  Suddenly, as the two friends marched on, the tall soldier seemed to be overcome by a tremor.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
10  For a moment the tremor of his legs caused him to dance a sort of hideous hornpipe.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  A crowd of servants now pressed to the entry door, and among them a middle-aged mulatto woman, of very respectable appearance, stood foremost, in a tremor of expectation and joy, at the door.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
12  The human body has something of this tremor when the instant arrives in which the mysterious fingers of Death are about to pluck the soul.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—IN WHAT MIRROR M. MADELEINE CONTEMPLATES HIS HA...
13  Jean Valjean shuddered with the continual tremor of the unhappy.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—THE ENIGMA BECOMES DOUBLY MYSTERIOUS
14  None the less did he bear in his heart a mournful tremor.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—TO ONE SADNESS OPPOSE A SADNESS AND A HALF
15  There, nevertheless, we insist upon it, is life, palpitation, human tremor.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER
Example Sentence:
1  He felt a tiny tremor of excitement as he glimpsed the city lights.
2  An uncontrollable tremor shook his mouth.
3  The earth tremor made the mountains shake.
4  She had a nervous tremor in her right hand.
5  It spotted a tremor of magnitude 3.4 that had an epicentre 89km from the cable's nearest point.
6  The scandal sent tremors through the political establishment.