Synonyms
Examples of shudder in a Sentence
Verb
The old car shuddered to a halt.
The house shuddered as a plane flew overhead.
Noun
a shudder ran through him as he stepped outside into the snow
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
Of course, Web3 games can and do go dark—almost 50 came to a shuddering halt last year.
—Saro McKenna, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
John Baldoni, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Twice during the approximately 90-minute session of filibustering, chaotic press questioning, and overall unpleasantness, the microphone feedback sent shudders through the hearts of the some 100 reporters packed into a sweaty room.
—Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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Verb
Berhan shuddered slightly as U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White announced the sentence in court Tuesday afternoon, but didn’t otherwise react.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
Of course, Web3 games can and do go dark—almost 50 came to a shuddering halt last year.
—Saro McKenna, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
Companies that embraced it realized that disruption was not something to be cherished with the new and out with the old sent shudders throughout the organization.
—John Baldoni, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Twice during the approximately 90-minute session of filibustering, chaotic press questioning, and overall unpleasantness, the microphone feedback sent shudders through the hearts of the some 100 reporters packed into a sweaty room.
—Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shudder. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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shudder
1 of 2 verb
shud·der
ˈshəd-ər 
shuddered; shuddering
-(ə-)riŋ
1
: to tremble with fear or horror or from cold
shuddered just thinking about it
2
: shake entry 1 sense 1, quiver
the train slowed and shuddered to a halt
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