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Synonyms for trembling

Grammar : Verb
Spell : trem-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɛm bəl

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Définition of trembling

Origin :
  • c.1300, "shake from fear, cold, etc.," from Old French trembler "tremble, fear" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *tremulare (source of Italian tremolare, Spanish temblar), from Latin tremulus "trembling, tremulous," from tremere "to tremble, shiver, quake," from PIE *trem- "to tremble" (cf. Greek tremein "to shiver, tremble," Lithuanian trimu "to chase away," Old Church Slavonic treso "to shake," Gothic þramstei "grasshopper"). A native word for this was Old English bifian. Related: Trembled; trembling. The noun is recorded from c.1600.
  • verb shake, vibrate
Example sentences :
  • I received the deputation with a trembling and apprehensive heart.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Pale and trembling, I pointed to the horrible staircase by which we had come.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • When she held her in her arms pressed against her breast, she felt that she was trembling.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • Monseigneur shook from trembling as he repeated severely the word, "Never!"
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • When she turned back to the fireplace her hands were trembling.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • John took the letter in his trembling fingers and tore it open.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Then close by me, in a low, trembling voice, she returned: "I am here."
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • I came to this subject with fear and trembling, but he took it quietly.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • “He gave it to me,” she murmured, suddenly subdued and trembling.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The clergyman looked round; one of the children was trembling.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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