- present participle of shudder.
shuddering
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“Your own children are work enough,” they would whisper, shuddering, “just imagine putting up with someone else’s.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“They think we’re these evil business owners,” she said, shuddering.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
Villa's 11-game winning streak in all competitions was brought to a shuddering halt with a 4-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, raising doubts about their ability to maintain a title charge.
From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026
It came with a shuddering reminder of the kind of things that Russell Martin used to say when he was manager of Rangers.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
I picked up the blue cockade again and turned it in my fingers, shuddering to think of what Jemma would do if she saw me mixing among Baltimore’s secessionists.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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