Example Sentences

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In his right hand Sero wielded,— p. 28Brandished a terrific weapon, And it was a sword of terror; For the evil, but beholding, Trembled as an aspen leaflet, Shuddered as the ruined shudder.

From A Leaf from the Old Forest by Cossar, John D.

The popular rage Fell on them both; and they to whom her name Had been a mark for mockery and reproach, Shuddered with human horror at her fate.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

The caravan from the oasis Of palm-engirt Kûrkûr Shuddered and couched in shaken heaps, The horror to endure.

From Many Gods by Rice, Cale Young

Years fled, and she grew reckless more and more, Until the humblest peasant closed his door, And where she passed, fair dames, in scorn and pride, Shuddered, and drew their rustling robes aside.

From Legends and Lyrics Part 2 by Procter, Adelaide Anne

There paused we, and I, peering far below, Shuddered, drew from the brink.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)