Example Sentences

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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

As a bestselling author, relationship coach Matthew Hussey shudders at the idea of using ChatGPT to write a book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

She shudders when she looks at the building.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

Allied leaders will by and large keep their shudders under wraps.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2024

The impact of each footstep shudders through me and I turn the next corner, where there are two guards standing by the doors Nita and the invaders broke.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth