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Meanings of tremulous in English

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

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Examples for "quavering"
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
Usage of tremulous in English
1
Obstinacy in error is often a rebuke to tremulous faith in God.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
2
Perhaps it was the weirdness and the tremulous intoxication of the music.
The Blind Spot
3
And the listener heard the young man answer in a tremulous voice:
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 06
4
She was now tremulous before the crisis which she must presently face.
You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deser...
5
Her voice was slightly tremulous and muffled; perhaps the weather agitated her.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl
6
The mournful irony of the words was belied by the tremulous voice.
The Eternal City
7
The voice was tremulous and high-pitched and the articulation thick and indistinct.
Stubble
8
And her voice is like a little tremulous song in the woods.
Pan
9
A tremulous excitement and unrest seemed to be in the keen air.
Calvert of Strathore
10
In a low, tremulous voice, Milton said, Don't do this job, Jethro.
Avalon
11
The latter was tremulous at the thought of seeing Nana once more.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
12
The voice of Andrew became tremulous as he uttered the last sentence.
The Iron Rule; Or, Tyranny in the Household
13
His tremulous fingers found the paper bag and he dragged it out.
The Circuit Riders
14
Beethoven's tremulous countryside flowed into the room where the men were meeting.
Gratitude
15
Silently, the woman stretched a tremulous and emaciated arm towards the hut.
An Outcast of the Islands
16
The exertion had taxed her strength and she felt sick and tremulous.
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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