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Meanings of quavering in English

(Of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear.

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        Usage of quavering in English
        1
        Can I run water, great one? Zvain asked with a quavering voice.
        The brazen gambit
        2
        Surprise and incredulity were in the tones of the quavering old voice.
        Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
        3
        The terrible silence was broken by Zillah, who spoke in quavering accents.
        The Emancipated
        4
        She went up to the door and, in a quavering voice, asked:
        The Phantom of the Opera
        5
        Presently her voice rang out in a shrill note of quavering rage:
        The Chronicles of Clovis
        6
        And in quavering falsetto, with the customary broken-notes, the old man sang.
        Island Tales / On the Makaloa Mat
        7
        A faint, quavering moan stopped her at the corner of the house.
        The Lady Doc
        8
        Her voice was a quavering, silvery thing, utterly fascinating and completely inhuman.
        White night
        9
        And on the drive to Joyfields she stilled the girl's quavering with:
        The Freelands
        10
        The first note of the quavering high-pitched voice had, however, reassured him.
        More William
        11
        Mrs. Melrose awoke from her trance of terror with a quavering breath.
        The Mating of Lydia
        12
        And when Parliament heard that quavering voice it grew palsied with fear.
        Shallow Soil
        13
        There was a quavering word of admonition and a chorus of encouragement.
        The ginger man
        14
        The voice of the muezzin, high and quavering, echoed in the air.
        Purple heart
        15
        At the beginning of that quavering statement Dexter Allison's lips fell apart.
        Then I'll Come Back to You
        16
        Her voice had a quavering note, new to him, and extremely alarming.
        Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
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        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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