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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tremble .
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Examples
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His name trembled off my lips, shivering away as though it didn’t want to break the silence.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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His name trembled off my lips, shivering away as though it didn’t want to break the silence.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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The eyelids trembled from the shock of the fantasy, seemed about to open, but did not.
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Chanlis trembled from the strain of trying to fight and protect.
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Albert Einstein trembled when he saw that time was water, seeping through the rafters to put out this burning world.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Lake Geneva 2005
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Albert Einstein trembled when he saw that time was water, seeping through the rafters to put out this burning world.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: October 2005 Archives 2005
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The word trembled between them, as Raschid inclined his head in sardonic acknowledgement.
Falcon's Prey Jordan, Penny 1997
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Her white waxen cheeks were blue with cold, her chin trembled, and she had to keep wiping her eyes and her little pink nose.
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And upon his pursed-up lips, unuttered yet imminent, a word trembled and wabbled as the cab bounced down the avenue.
Iole Arthur C. [Illustrator] Becker 1899
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He did not add "or it will be my death"; but I felt that the phrase trembled on his pale lips.
Mystère de la chambre jaune. English Gaston Leroux 1897
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