Example Sentences

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Despite all the times I shuddered at the trailer tagline, “Believe in the Hail Mary,” over the last year, I really do.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

My entire body shuddered from the cold water, and she helped me out after only 30 seconds.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

"Now I'm afraid of the river," he shuddered.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Families with college-bound students may well have shuddered when they heard that the official, full cost of a year at some four-year private schools will soon hit six figures.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

I shuddered involuntarily, and clung instinctively closer to my blind but beloved master.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë