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as in shudder
an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold
the prisoner experienced a sudden shiver when confronted with the sight of the dark basement
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as in butterflies
shivers plural
a sense of panic or extreme nervousness
looking down from the window ledge sent shivers up my spine
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Recent Examples of shiver
Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
His announcement of a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico sent a shiver through markets last week.
—Donica Phifer, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
By the time your core temperature has fallen to 88 degrees, your body has abandoned the urge to warm itself by shivering.
—Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Borge Strand-Bergesen is a modest person with a dream to deliver the kind of listening experience that brings a big smile to your face and might send a shiver down your spine or bring a tear to your eye.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
His announcement of a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico sent a shiver through markets last week.
—Donica Phifer, Axios, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
The child went to the bathroom, came out, and began shivering, shaking and sweating, court documents show.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
By the time your core temperature has fallen to 88 degrees, your body has abandoned the urge to warm itself by shivering.
—Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shiver
Noun
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Over Martin’s delicate playing, her aching rasp resonated to the rafters, a melancholy shudder that still sounded comforting.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Photos by Sinna Nasseri By Sunday morning on the Sunset Strip, there was no escaping the wail of West Hollywood: the rumble of Harley Davidsons; the shudder of police helicopters; the blast of bass-heavy hip-hop from the guts of a Porsche convertible.—
Edmund Vallance,
AFAR Media,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Cursor no longer trembles when building pavement and moving the camera in the Hideout building mode.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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The clip shows the small dog trembling in the passenger seat of Shae's car, looking very weary and wide-eyed.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Women often lose income, take on the bulk of caregiving, and carry the invisible labor of rebuilding a life, while men complain of the long-tail financial consequences of alimony, support payments, and assets split down the middle.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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Weeks after rumors spread that Californian experimental hip-hop trio Death Grips had split, the band have now taken to social media to deny these claims.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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The back-and-forth over tariffs shook confidence in U.S. leadership, exposed fractures within Trump’s team and rattled companies that rely on global sources for products and international customers for sales.—
Time,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Dredge both sides of chicken breasts with flour mixture, pressing to adhere, shake off any excess.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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Five minutes before the show was to start, nine rows of bleachers in a temporary grandstand, hastily assembled, quivered and crashed, swallowing about 600 men, women and children.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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His signature is shallow stones, which not only increases radiance, but also ensures the jewels move with the body, illustrated by a pair of drop earrings depicting the lifecycle of a flower from quivering bud to tiny, articulated petals that are alive with movement.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Actor Kelsey Grammer has upset English villagers with his plans to tear down a 200-year-old cottage near Bristol.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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But, as Jerry’s ideology consumes them, they are set on a collision course with a police chief who has spent his life upholding the rules that Jerry has spent his tearing down.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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After the quaking subsides, Annie—left with no phone, money, or car—begins walking across what remains of the city.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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From a distance, Macdonald’s own life has the shudder of a dark fairy tale, answered by the quaking in his books.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Much of Theia and the forming Earth were vaporized as the heat of impact shot out molten rock.—
Max Bennett,
Discover Magazine,
12 Apr. 2025
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However, these formations can also arise from volcanic processes, such as the rapid cooling of molten rock droplets during an eruption, or from meteorite impacts, upon which vaporized rocks condense.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Shiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiver. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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