A strange beautiful excitement seemed to stream from the house in quivering ripples. From Wordnik.com. [Bliss, and Other Stories] Reference
She realized that her every nerve was quivering from the strain, and she thought it impossible ever to regain her youth. From Wordnik.com. [Jenny: A Novel] Reference
Hannah demanded, her sword quivering in its eagerness to strike. From Wordnik.com. [Pet Peeve]
I distinctly recall the quivering of the full glasses of jelly on tapering disks that formed attractive table ornaments. From Wordnik.com. [A Backward Glance at Eighty]
A sword quivering to take the life of the Nibelung, Mimer. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Siegfried Told to the Children] Reference
Shortly thereafter, Nell was in Washington, "quivering" with anticipation as she rode up the elevator to his apartment. From Wordnik.com. [We Remember - Nell Ziff Pekarsky, 1910 - 1998] Reference
Survives, in quivering murmurs, that awhile. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. I. I. Norman Maurice, a Tragedy; II. Atalantis, a Tale of the Sea; III. Tales and Traditions of the South; IV. The City of the Silent] Reference
But Robert's only response was silence and a kind of quivering sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Elsmere] Reference
"His heart was in ventricular fibrillation, which means his heart was just kind of quivering there.". From Wordnik.com. [ajc.com - News] Reference
Stuttering is sometimes accompanied by obvious struggles such as quivering lips and rapid eye blinks. From Wordnik.com. [Medindia Health News] Reference
He appeared to be frightened, and told me that he had heard a kind of quivering, sobbing voice coming from the library. From Wordnik.com. [War and the Weird] Reference
And he thought of little, of nothing; but a sweetish sensation beset his heart, a kind of quivering lightness his limbs. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
And there intervened in him a sort of paralysis of speech and movement, the kind of quivering which comes when a man has received. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
"It is a kind of quivering, which begins in one place and spreads in every direction. From Wordnik.com. [Rollo's Philosophy. [Air]] Reference
Kate, Joe's daughter, waves to him between quivering sobs. From Wordnik.com. [The Fable of the Puddletree] Reference
"Of.. of course I am!" you replied me through quivering teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Rain] Reference
"Compassion is the quivering of the heart in response to pain.". From Wordnik.com. [Priscilla Warner: Is Fear Contagious?] Reference
Something like skin as magnetized mirror, shiny quivering pull. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Cannot be your Facebook Friend] Reference
Darrell sucked in his lower lip, which had started quivering. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 2] Reference
The black-n-blue trees stay still and sore in the quivering grass. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Apart Stuff] Reference
The quivering bodies of petrol blood walk beneath the shadows of the dead. From Wordnik.com. [Artsakh] Reference
Peter marched back toward our quivering little group behind our group house. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 18] Reference
In his quivering hands were three twenties, a five, four singles, and four quarters. From Wordnik.com. [Percy's Night Out] Reference
Your heart is a white rabbit pulled suddenly from a hat, quivering in the chill air. From Wordnik.com. [Aftermath] Reference
Winnie was in his dancing pose and the quivering breast made Pooh's dance seem real. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Spots] Reference
Mole stood a moment rigid, while his uplifted nose, quivering slightly, felt the air. From Wordnik.com. ['Wind In The Willows': A Christmas Take On A Classic] Reference
His lips are quivering again, his hair is woolly and wild, his skin is very, very dry. From Wordnik.com. [Young Skin] Reference
"You know her performance is in trouble when you first notice her quivering upper lip.". From Wordnik.com. [Please Stop Reading My Lips] Reference
Billy was frozen stiff in his chair next to Grandma, pink hand still quivering in mid-air. From Wordnik.com. [It] Reference
From its egg-shaped handle protruded a metal deformity, the thin and bulbous wire quivering. From Wordnik.com. [Whiskers] Reference
In a few hours, he will be a quivering, nervous wreck, but he will never cling to procedure again. From Wordnik.com. [Rep. Weiner: Sit!] Reference
Personally, I enjoy leaving the 'quivering' to the ladies, but you'll see what I mean about that tonight, won't you? ". From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
But there were also the aforementioned beef stomach, tiny whole fish, quivering pigs 'brains, duck throats, and red chicken necks. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Pot's Top Spot] Reference
Shocked by the fall of his fellow dictator, Kaddafi turned into as much of a quivering stoolie as any doomed character on "The Sopranos.". From Wordnik.com. [The Real Libya Model] Reference
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