trembling
a shaky motion
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,352 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,574 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a shaky motion also: shaking, shakiness, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
adjective
- vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze also: shaky, shivering a quaking bogthe quaking child asked for more
trembling in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Suddenly the pony stopped, trembling in every limb.
The High School Boys' Canoe Club · H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock · Chapter 1
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Katherine stood there, holding her dressing gown about her with trembling hands.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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The truth is, she knew not how to conceal the blushes on her cheeks, and the trembling of her hands.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She lifted up her spinning-wheel; she fain would seek the door, Trembling in every limb, her cheek with blushes crimsoned o'er.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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With what wistful look did he eye every trembling ray of light streaming across the waste fields from some distant window!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · Chapter 1