I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her voice quavered as she recounted details of the attack.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Finally, the third rhythm forms a contrastingly smooth arpeggio which sweeps upwards in pairs of quavers.
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His voice carried a barely perceptible quaver .
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The quaver would be far too quick for the pizzicato, especially in chord work like this.
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The rapid bowed quavers of the former become the rapid staccato semiquavers of the latter.
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The repeating shape of the accompaniment in quavers is designed to recur only at the first beat of the seventh bar.
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The smile appears forced, unsteady, seems to quaver , though it is frozen in silver nitrate.