shivering

[US]/'ʃivəriŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. trembling

Example Sentences

shivering in her thin cotton nightdress

we paraded outside for the Sergeant-Major, shivering at attention .

she was shivering and her head felt muzzy from sleep.

When my husband came home a few hours later he found me not quite asleep in his winter-weight winceyette pyjamas, clutching a hot-water bottle and shivering under two duvets and a blanket.

She was shivering in the cold wind.

The dog was shivering with fear.

I could feel myself shivering from the cold.

His voice made her shiver.

The shivering child wrapped himself in a blanket.

She felt a shiver run down her spine.

The shivering leaves rustled in the wind.

His shivering hands betrayed his nervousness.

The cold water made her shiver uncontrollably.

She was shivering with anticipation before the big announcement.

Real-world Examples

They waited, shivering, hardly daring to move.

Source: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The boys and girls were shivering all over with cold.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

All at once he noticed that Geppetto was shivering and shaking as if with a high fever.

Source: The Adventures of Pinocchio

The same cold shivering seized me.

Source: Monk (Part 1)

A cell in Azkaban! ” He was shivering uncontrollably now.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

" It's just the Coke, " I explained, shivering again.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

People lose productivity when they spend all day shivering or sweating.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation August 2015

I was shivering and my arms were turning white with cold.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 2

She lifted Anna up and felt her cold, shivering body.

Source: Frozen (audiobook)

Shouted Filch, a drip shivering unpleasantly at the end of his bulbous nose.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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