quaver

Example Sentences

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Crucially, too, Bailey has the set of pipes that every Ariel needs and a gift for modulating her emotions through music, shifting from a rich, confident vibrato one moment to a hesitant quaver the next.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

There was a quaver in his voice, which defined the depth of his emotion.

From Scientific American • Dec. 23, 2021

Tears sprang to my eyes again, lending a quaver to my voice.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2019

“For more than 12 years I entrusted Stew with my words and my goals and my reputation and he’s never let me down,” McConnell said as his voice began to quaver.

From Fox News • Mar. 14, 2019

Sparrow asked, a quaver slipping into her voice.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor