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vibrate

[vahy-breyt] / ˈvaɪ breɪt /


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Lisa-Kaindé: It’s about living in a way that is aligned with what makes you vibrate, what makes you feel alive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

“Nothing beats feeling the ground vibrate, seeing the charting of the wheels and hearing the whistle,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Some of Epicore Biosystems' devices vibrate gently when they calculate that it is time for you to take a swig of fluid, to avoid becoming dehydrated.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

One challenge is that piezoelectric resonators physically vibrate, which means they cannot be attached to circuit boards using standard soldering techniques.

From Science Daily Apr. 10, 2026

The Professor’s voice, as he spoke in clear, sweet tones, which seemed to vibrate in the air, calmed us all:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Some fans do just that, but the packed stadium vibrates harder with cheers as thousands of phones stay in the air.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

"What happens in any part of this ocean vibrates through all of us," she told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Even if you never bore witness to that outrageous performance, its elemental alchemy vibrates in the band’s most popular songs, each of them calling to us with purpose.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2026

Each character seems to understand the others dimly, as through a language barrier; each vibrates at their own frequency.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

My phone vibrates in my pocket again, but I ignore it.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

There was a low rumble that vibrated for a second or two, then faded away.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 1, 2026

Each sample was then placed on the actuator and vibrated at ultrasonic frequencies.

From Science Daily Nov. 20, 2025

A shockwave vibrated around the world as news emerged from Argentina that One Direction star Liam Payne had died, at the age of just 31.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2024

People in the stands practically vibrated with it.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2024

I stroked Fig’s gray coat, and his body vibrated with his purrs.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

"It then carried on going for a couple of minutes but there was a horrible vibrating sound."

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Conversations stretch for hours without the interruption of a vibrating phone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

But the feeling of release as the bowstrings were left vibrating in my arms was palpable, intensely satisfying.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

At scales roughly a billion billion times smaller than a proton, physicists propose that everything may be made of incredibly tiny vibrating strings.

From Science Daily May 19, 2026

The next day I stare out the window, watching the afternoon winter sun slowly near the horizon as the steady vibrating of my AffloVest thrums away at my chest.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott




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