I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tremble/shiver/shake etc violently
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I was still trembling violently.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
slightly
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She stepped back, shivering slightly when fitzAlan's hand fell away from her face.
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She seems to shiver slightly as she puts her feet on the first pedal, then the second.
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A momentary cloud passed in front of the sun and Liza shivered slightly .
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Alison shivered slightly , and stepped back inside.
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She shivered slightly , despite the heat.
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Donna shivered slightly , noticing how cold it was on the train.
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His body was humming with fatigue and he shivered slightly , though the evening was heavy with heat.
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She thought of Mortimer and shivered slightly .
violently
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Polly's skin crawled and she shivered violently .
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Bitterly cold, shivering violently from several causes, but out.
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Watching as he pulled on his oilskins with an ease born of long practice, Polly shivered violently .
■ NOUN
cold
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He had a bad cold and was shivering inside his dressing gown.
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Ramlal felt a cold shiver of despair.
delight
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She was shivering with delight and pent-up desire.
fear
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They landed on a ledge wide enough to hold them, the horse shivering with fear but knowing not to move at all.
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If this is passed, they stand shivering with fear , rooted to the spot.
■ VERB
begin
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She began to shiver , feeling sick to her stomach.
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By the time harmony was a few centuries old, it began to shiver and shake from them.
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Instantly an uncontrollable tremor shook his mouth and his legs began to shiver in sympathy.
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I stared at that scar until I began to really shiver .
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When he heard the crash of glass downstairs, he began to shiver .
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Factories closed, hundreds were thrown out of work, and, as winter approached, ordinary people began to shiver .
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Anxiety and chill combined and John began to shiver as he leaned over the wall, eyes sweeping the coast.
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Despite the warmth of the fire, Isabel began to shiver .
make
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It made me shiver with a mixture of awe and anticipation.
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So close it makes me shiver .
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When you said you came from good tough stock it made me shiver a bit.
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A terrible wicked idea, it made me shiver to think it but I kept right on thinking.
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She ran them down my arm lightly enough to make me shiver .
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At the same time, it made you shiver .
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He still had the window open, though it made him shiver .
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It was animal magnetism which was making him shiver and itch.
sit
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Dot sat rigid and shivering on the wicker armchair in the conservatory.
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It sits there shivering in its damp towel until she comes with urine bottle and tube.
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He sat there shivering until dawn, nodding occasionally, jerking awake with a cry.
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She sat shivering , dozing off: home, or nearly.
stand
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I stood in my pyjamas shivering in the middle of Katie's bedroom, not knowing what to do.
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Residents stood shivering in the chilly night air as Red Cross officials scrambled to find them lodging after they fled their homes.
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He was standing there, shivering !
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And the smell of those cigarettes in his tormentor's office, where he stood barefoot and shivering for hours on end.
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They stood there naked and shivering , huddled together as a soldier walked round them, prodding them with a baton.
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If this is passed, they stand shivering with fear, rooted to the spot.
start
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She started shivering as her sweat dried in the freezing winter air.
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If the temperature drops below 80, I start shivering .
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Leah started to shiver in her nightgown.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I was shivering in my thin sleeping bag.
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Julia shivered and pulled her coat more tightly around her.
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Lizzy looked out at the thick snow and shivered with excitement.
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The water was cold, and Robbie shivered.
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They were forced to wait outside for hours, shivering with cold.
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You're shivering! Do you want to go indoors?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few moments later he shivered again, sneezed and decided the time had come to return to his mates and forget it.
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Children shivered a few feet away from it.
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He passed her with one sidelong glitter of let eyes, and left her shivering.
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I still felt nauseated, both sweating and shivering, as we walked down the corridor to my room.
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It was a strange place, and as he looked up at it now, he shivered.
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Sensitive to cold, always shivering.
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She shivered suddenly, and her arm caught the folder of photographs, knocking it on to the floor.
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There were a couple of men under the tarp with us, shivering with fever.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cold
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Perhaps when Samuel Oglethorpe shivered with cold and the shiver passed down his arm into George Grindal's shoulder.
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When they scratched against the tin it made a cold shiver run down my back.
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I felt little cold shivers going right down my back.
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Is she given cold shivers by my stump?
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Such stories are enough to send cold shivers down the spine.
little
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She ruthlessly suppressed a little shiver of curiosity.
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As I read the letter inside, a little shiver of panic shot through me.
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Unconsciously she gave a little shiver .
■ VERB
feel
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She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.
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She felt a shiver go through her.
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Eugene felt a shiver travel up his back, along his spine.
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Julie again felt a shiver run up her spine.
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And, though she did not want to, again she felt a shiver of excitement.
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I felt little cold shivers going right down my back.
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Again she felt the same shiver down her back like an electric current.
give
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Jessamy gave a small shiver and decided she didn't even want to consider that possibility.
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Is she given cold shivers by my stump?
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Then Jessamy gave a sudden shiver .
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Unconsciously she gave a little shiver .
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Rail privatisation gives them the shivers .
run
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She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.
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The words caused a shiver to run a fine sharp line through her.
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Julie again felt a shiver run up her spine.
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A shiver ran up Auguste's spine.
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As for Philippa, so for him, a shiver of apprehension ran down his spine.
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I was brought back to the mundane present by the shiver of chill that ran over me.
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It was like taking a step back into the past, and for a moment a little shiver ran down her spine.
send
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But the thing that sent a shiver up my back was the thin, haunted piping of a recorder.
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Their wild, excited calling sent shivers down my spine as they continued on their journey south.
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The first of the two should send shivers of disgust up your spine.
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He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.
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Rather, his low laugh held a note that sent unexpected shivers down her spine.
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Even today, the name Chiing chun bao sends a shiver up my spine.
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He chuckled, a wickedly delicious little chuckle that sent a shiver down her spine.
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The bone of his jaw, the rasp of his beard, sent another great shiver through her.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
send shivers/chills up (and down) your spine
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Stephen King's novels have sent shivers up readers' spines for more than 20 years.
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He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.
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We both kept waiting for the moment when the experience would overwhelm us and send chills up our spines.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"It's freezing!" Tom said with a shiver .
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A shiver of cold ran through him when he stepped outside.
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The story he told me sent a shiver down my spine.
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The thought of sleeping in such an old house sent a shiver through her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A shiver went over her and she became angry at herself.
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He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.
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He was some one I'd seen in my head before: one of those bundles of shivers in books.
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She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.
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The thought sent a shiver of excitement through her that instantly she sought to crush.
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The words caused a shiver to run a fine sharp line through her.
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Wilson saw the doubt in her eyes and the droop of her body and felt a shiver pass through her own.
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With a peculiar shiver of fear, he stooped to retrieve his spear.