- present tense form of quiver (3rd person singular).
quivers
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His lower lip quivers; there’s an expression on his face that my husband and I used to call “sad baby.”
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Iang's face quivers as she recounts the story of what happened on 26 November in K-Haimual, her village in Myanmar's western Chin State, and then she breaks down.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
With calculations based on linear algebra, the research team demonstrated that -- analogous to radioactivity in atomic nuclei -- a magnetic quiver can decay into a more stable state or fission into two separate quivers.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
The result is a line with no mistakes: Even as it falls exactly where it needs to be to make the picture, it quivers with a vitality that’s compelling in its own right.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Her chin quivers and the possibility of her crying at this exact moment fills me with rage.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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