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Meanings of little quaver in English

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Usage of little quaver in English
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You are too noble-toogood-she began in a pleading little quaver.
Nedra
2
There was a little quaver in her voice as she spoke.
Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885
3
She understood the little quaver in Madge's laughing voice.
Madge Morton's Secret
4
Brand, with a little quaver in his voice.
The Europeans
5
There was a little quaver in Cynthia's voice.
Helena
6
Sanborn's laugh had an odd little quaver.
The Desert of Wheat
7
He had an especially sweet and pathetic voice, with a little quaver in it, like a bashful girl's.
A Village Ophelia and Other Stories
8
Then Alan turned slowly to Ned and with a little quaver in his voice whispered, "Shall we?"
The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure
9
Overholt did not answer the boy at once, and when he spoke there was a queer little quaver in his voice.
The Little City of Hope: A Christmas Story
10
Therefore, instead of the hard, bitter words that she intended to speak, she said, with a little quaver in her voice.
From Jest to Earnest
11
With clear bright eyes that looked like they wanted to swallow up the world. Her voice had a little quaver in it.
The Name of the Wind
12
Caleb Hunter threw back his head at the telltale little quaver in the voice and found Sarah Hunter smiling down at him, whimsically.
Then I'll Come Back to You
13
She spoke quietly enough, but there was a little quaver of true earnestness in her voice, that made each word a solemn promise.
In the Palace of the King: A Love Story of Old Madrid
14
There was an anxious little quaver in her voice as she dismounted and, going in front of Texas, took his head between her hands.
Southern Stories / Retold from St. Nicholas
15
You know," she added with a little quavering smile, "Tussie is very kind.
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
16
The treacherous little quavers in the voice are multiplied to a rattle, and nothing can ever quite imitate sincerity.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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