Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Furnished with a quiver; wearing a quiver.
- Held or covered in or as if in a quiver: said of a feathered arrow, or, as in the quotation, of a quill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver.
- adjective Sheathed, as in a quiver.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
quiver . - adjective Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for
arrows . - adjective
Sheathed , as in a quiver.
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Examples
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My chin quivered and lips pinched against the onset of tears, and my hair stood up at angles from what had been a smooth coif.
Archive 2009-05-01 kittenpie 2009
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My chin quivered and lips pinched against the onset of tears, and my hair stood up at angles from what had been a smooth coif.
Stockholm Syndrome Would Be Welcome kittenpie 2009
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The coin quivered in the air, trapped between the amplified strength of two Allomancers.
Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006
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Again, the fit changed; for, in the midst of this storm of passion, a name quivered on his lips, like the star seen in the drifting clouds when the tempest is raging.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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If the old lady's chin quivered a bit, while Margery threw her arms around her, she was mightily ashamed of it.
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It was all she said, but the word quivered in his ears with a suppressed emotion.
The Wheel of Life Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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"Samantha," he said at last, and his voice sounded so strange to him that the word quivered timidly towards her.
Parables of a Province Gilbert Parker 1897
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"Samantha," he said at last, and his voice sounded so strange to him that the word quivered timidly towards her.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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When Zheng began praying, the sword quivered and then leapt out of the rice.
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He glared at me, and the sword quivered in his hands.
Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005
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