Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
quaver .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
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Examples
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I told him my desires humbly, in quavering syllables.
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And in quavering falsetto, with the customary broken-notes, the old man sang.
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And in quavering falsetto, with the customary broken-notes, the old man sang.
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I told him my desires humbly, in quavering syllables.
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I told him my desires humbly, in quavering syllables.
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Such a charivari as ensued, for just as my tugs at the alarm-bell began to take effect, the clock struck twelve, and the waits set up outside my window in quavering tones, with their teeth chattering from the cold, an old-fashioned lilt.
A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters Mary Anne 1871
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[Fumbling and bumbling and frightened conversations as the Church quickly changes its position on women's ordination, with cardinals and the Pope whispering in quavering voices, Hurry!
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[Fumbling and bumbling and frightened conversations as the Church quickly changes its position on women's ordination, with cardinals and the Pope whispering in quavering voices, Hurry!
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There was some kind of quavering, high-pitched noise coming out of my mouth that seemed to come from my gut at the same time.
"But I'm still an embryo/With a long, long way to go." Ann Althouse 2008
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There was a kind of quavering buzz in it that made it warble, somehow, made the words slither uncertainly.
Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005
vendingmachine commented on the word quavering
"The homely sound, likewise, of a rustical hornpipe is more agreeable to my ears than the curious warbling and musical quavering of lutes, theorbos, viols, rebecs, and violins."
June 29, 2015