I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
indignation
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The nurse's chin quivered in indignation as she reported that the girl was no more than a child.
lip
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My knees were knocking and my lips quivering , making it difficult to get round the words.
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He looked at me and his lips quivered .
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She was standing in the doorway in her nightie and her lip was quivering .
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Her lips quivered wildly and she gestured behind her at nothing.
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Have you noticed, whenever an Eastender talks about his mum, his lip starts quivering .
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However, their bottom lips still quiver when the ball is stolen from them.
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Her face was drawn and weary, her upper lip was quivering , the arm inside the bag was shaking.
mouth
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His mouth quivered , and then with a blind, clumsy movement they put their arms round each other.
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There was a nerve at the side of his mouth quivering with the effort of control.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her lip quivered, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
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John's hands were quivering as he put down his papers and started his speech.
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The children stood there quivering with excitement as I opened the package.
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The ground quivered under my feet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As their striding Emperor quivered with the unleashing of its weaponry, Biff sat impotently for only a few moments.
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Down the, moving beyond a curtain of quivering air, she saw the stage, perhaps with letters.
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Golden slivers of sunlight seeped through the interstices of the jute wall, and the talon-shaped leave quivered in some secret sign.
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He quivered, very slightly, all over, as though he were perished with cold.
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Her lips quivered wildly and she gestured behind her at nothing.
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It quivered when he touched it.
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We stand like three old trees in winter, quivering in the gloom.
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You push the spring down and you can feel it quivering.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An ivory quiver hung upon her left shoulder and in her hand was a bow.
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He extended a hand: not a quiver .
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He felt not a quiver of fear, not a doubt of his own powers.
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Her knees touched his and the tiny contact sent a quiver of anticipation up her spine.
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Never a quiver or a moan.
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When morning came she went to her store-chamber where among many treasures was a great bow and a quiver full of arrows.