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US
/ˈtɹɛmjəɫəs/
]
[ UK /tɹˈɛmjʊləs/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈɛmjʊləs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
the old lady's quavering voice
spoke timidly in a tremulous voice
How To Use tremulous In A Sentence
- These largely acoustic songs reacquaint us with his tremulous, soulful vocals and cutting lyrical style.
- As he did so something grazed his face, oh so lightly, like the tremulous wall of a bubble. EVERVILLE
- She was the virgin poetess dressed in white, the tremulous daughter who never left her father's house, the maiden who turned to art because she was thwarted in love.
- Album opener ‘Petrified Possessions’ is guided by a plodding piano line that's backed by a tremulous guitar adorned with tines of feedback.
- That Stephen is said to ‘inbreathe’ this ‘tremulous morning knowledge’ becomes significant after we see the first cycle of represented inspiration, creative thought, poem text, and Stephen's reflections on the process.
- This is no time to listen to the voices of tremulousness, indecision, compromise and fear.
- I drove all over York looking for her,’ says Geoff in a voice still tremulous with anxiety despite having Tessa back by his side in the cosy Cygnet pub in Price Street.
- An empty box on the stage is not described to an audience as empty, but is handled and moved about in the same way that any empty box would be treated -- though a tremulous bunny just might be hanging, unnoticed, behind it. In Defense Of Trust
- He would often spend a whole day settling and resettling in their cases the various stones that be had collected, such as the olive-green chrysoberyl that turns red by lamplight, the cymophane with its wirelike line of silver, the pistachio-coloured peridot, rose-pink and wine-yellow topazes, carbuncles of fiery scarlet with tremulous, four-rayed stars, flame-red cinnamon-stones, orange and violet spinels, and amethysts with their alternate layers of ruby and sapphire. The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Arthur Young took a tremulous half-step out onto the truncated pier. BEHINDLINGS