Example Sentences

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The high-stakes game of chicken complicated the effort to negotiate an end to a conflict that has left thousands dead and sent shudders through the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

One shudders to think what Border Patrol sector chief Gregory Bovino thinks is excessive for la migra.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

There's a thrilling version of Clocks that shudders with discordant guitar riffs before resolving into a powerful chorus; and an extended acoustic version of Sparks has fans swooning.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

The earth shudders a second time as the force of my power sends Azaan flying high, as though he’s been pulled backward by an invisible string.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray