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Quivering as from weakness or fear.

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Usage examples (38)
  • Archly the maiden smiled, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, "Why don't you speak for yourself, John?"
  • He spoke – but no soft voice in tremulous whispers, replied.
  • Pool clapped his hands, and the little maid ran out of the house to him in tremulous, fluttery haste.
  • I recalled the tremulous hand that he had offered me.
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