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US
/ˈʃɪvɝ/
]
[ UK /ʃˈɪvɐ/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈɪvɐ/ ]
NOUN
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an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
a frisson of surprise shot through him - a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
VERB
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shake, as from cold
The children are shivering--turn on the heat! - tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
How To Use shiver In A Sentence
- By the time harmony was a few centuries old, it began to shiver and shake from them.
- Magical moments that will send shivers down your spine. Times, Sunday Times
- As she was starting to shiver, he gallantly wrapped his cloak around her shoulder.
- I shivered suddenly, and then shook as with an ague and spent the rest of the night sitting up before the. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
- Shivering he slowed his breathing and closed his mind, retreating within himself in one of the meditation rituals.
- As a fellow pantzer, I find that it usually takes me at least three drafts before I'm reasonably happy with a story -- the first is my "crapola" discover the story draft, the second is aimed at what readers would want, the third to polish and ((shiver)) copy-edit. An Interview with Allison Brennan
- My whole body is shivering. Times, Sunday Times
- A kind of shiver ran through the country last week as the coffin was dug up. A Daughter Denied?
- The words spoke truth; shivered up and down inside her, earthing right down to the OK Corral.
- Several other reporters and cameramen stood shivering in unseasonably cold temperatures, ready to capture the multi-vehicle arrival Superdelegate deluge
