[
UK
/tɹˈɛmblɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈtɹɛmbəɫɪŋ, ˈtɹɛmbɫɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹɛmbəɫɪŋ, ˈtɹɛmbɫɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
-
a shaky motion
the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe
ADJECTIVE
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vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
seemed shaky on her feet
trembling hands
the quaking child asked for more
quivering leaves of a poplar tree
sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier
a quaking bog
with shaking knees
How To Use trembling In A Sentence
- It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
- I was shocked by her appearance, her weak condition and the fact that the trolley was vibrating with her trembling.
- From where he sat he could see the trembling lights of the village jewelling the rim of the bay like a circlet of stars. Flood Tide
- She sat down to conceal the fact that she was trembling.
- I sat in the buggy, holding the reins over the trembling, wild-eyed bay, while William descended and, with great dignity, tied up the disabled swingletree. A Circuit Rider's Wife
- She was in lather-sweat of fear, and stood trembling pitiably. Jack London's Short Story - Planchette
- The kiln is stoked initially with wood until the brick kiln is trembling from the heat and the flames. Times, Sunday Times
- For he took a genuine interest in his pupils; and, in that first year of his teaching, carried his class to surprising lengths, nor let them betray any evidences of unthoroughness when they went trembling up to the examinations provided by the great Anton himself, in the mid-year term. The Genius
- The bloodhounds, known as the seducer, the libertine, the procurer, are upon her track; she is trembling on the frightful brink of the abyss. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics
- Many cliffs are now brightened by the pretty pink flowers of thrift on their trembling stalks. Times, Sunday Times