shivery
Example Sentences
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The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
“A House of Dynamite” is a work of shivery, apocalyptic power from the Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, whose last film, “Detroit,” was eight years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
I hold my breath when a passing truck leaves only a few inches between my shivery flesh and its metal flanks.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2023
Once back home, I brought the summer to a shivery close by listening to a pair of CDs dramatizing “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Call of Cthulhu,” both from the H.P.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
Once or twice I stopped, shivery with goose bumps, and called his name, but he didn’t jump out from behind a tree or a bush as I expected.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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