Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tremulous manner.
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- adverb In a
tremulous manner.
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- adverb in a tremulous manner
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Examples
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"Aunt Ailsey," she called tremulously, "I want to speak to you, Aunt Ailsey."
The Battle Ground Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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"Governor, Governor!" she called tremulously, "I feel as if I were going to faint.
From the Valley of the Missing Grace Miller White 1912
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A ruined shaft stood at the head, the last of the sunset glowing through its empty window-sockets; an owl called tremulously, the sheep answered their lambs from the dim moor.
Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse
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'I don't think any one of them would want to.' she laughed again tremulously.
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From these trees came the far-away, melancholy cooing of mourning doves, and little owls perched in them and called tremulously at night.
IV. In Cowboy Land 1913
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From these trees came the far-away, melancholy cooing of mourning doves, and little owls perched in them and called tremulously at night.
An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913
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Love have become to me what I may be permitted to call tremulously vivid.
The Conquest of Fear Basil King 1893
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From these trees came the far-away, melancholy cooing of mourning doves, and little owls perched in them and called tremulously at night.
Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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Madeleine spoke that single word tremulously, and a faint flush passed over her soft, pale face.
Fairy Fingers A Novel Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie 1844
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"Yes, Edward; but," tremulously, "you know Dr. Kreiss said his father was in a shipping business."
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