aquiver

Example Sentences

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It is a testament to his reputation inside the Beltway that members of the press, as well as top Republicans, were all aquiver for the last few days waiting to hear what Whelan had.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2018

We keep our eyes on the back of the person in front of us, whose leg hairs are aquiver with burrs.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2018

Howard Hodgkin, a British artist whose lush, semiabstract paintings, aquiver with implicit drama, established him as one of the most admired artists of the postwar period, died on Thursday in London.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2017

Fleshy and agile, Hensley’s Oscar is aquiver with his own neurosis: he’s a faith-seeker, but, in the end, he can’t believe in himself, so how can he believe in love with Charity?

From The New Yorker • Nov. 27, 2016

They turned just in time to see the shadow of Argus Filch looming over the wall behind them before the man himself turned the corner, hunchbacked, his jowls aquiver.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling