vibrate

Example Sentences

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Rare earths are likewise found in every smartphone, enhancing screen performance and enabling the phone to vibrate.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Mescal, especially, makes sadness vibrate as the plot takes us to Italy then London and back, and time apart comes to mean something entirely different than a pause between sung verses.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Usually, the motion of these pulses is such that they either spin in circles, like a spinning top, or they vibrate, shaking continuously from side to side in straight lines.

From Space Scoop • Aug. 11, 2025

She gets out her phone and plays the recordings of the music being blasted out so loud it makes the glass in her windows vibrate.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

The car engine rumbles and the bass of the stereo makes the seat vibrate, but I don’t drive off.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman