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shudder

[ˈʃʌdər]

Definition:
1. To shake because you are cold or frightened, or because of a strong feeling.
2. To shake very hard.

Use 'shudder' in a sentence:

  1. At the entrance of the parlour the youth again said quite loudly, "If I could but shudder!"
  2. How his name would fill the world, and make people shudder!
  3. I do so wish I could shudder, but no one can teach me how.
  4. They are always saying: "It makes me shudder, it makes me shudder!"
  5. The third night he sat down again on his bench and said quite sadly, "If I could but shudder."
  6. What makes me shudder so, dear wife?
  7. I shudder to think how much this is all going to cost.
  8. We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.
  9. His hand closed upon the knife; he raised it, glanced at it, and let it fall, with a shudder.
  10. A shudder passed through Peter, and he sat on the floor and cried.
  11. A decision by the Finns to float their currency sent a shudder through the foreign exchanges.
  12. Natalie shuddered. "I don't know. it's a godforsaken place, briny."
  13. "It does not make me shudder," thought he.
  14. She gave an involuntary shudder.
  15. Then he woke up and cried, "Oh, what makes me shudder so?"
  16. Elaine shuddered with cold.
  17. I shuddered when I heard the gory details.
  18. She drew a deep shuddering breath.
  19. I still shudder when I look back on the past.
  20. He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt.
  21. It gave someone gooseflesh and he shuddered all over.
  22. I shuddered at the sight of the dead body.
  23. "That is all very well," said he, "but still I do not know what it is to shudder!"
  24. I shudder to think what would have happened if he hadn't acted as quickly as he did.
  25. Sit down beneath it, and wait till night comes, and you will soon learn how to shudder.
  26. Have you learnt how to shudder yet?
  27. As for me, I shudder at the cost of a new vehicle.
  28. If I did but know what it was to shudder!
  29. If I could but shudder!
  30. "You wretch," cried he, "you shall soon learn what it is to shudder, for you shall die."
  31. Presently, Huckleberry whispered with a shudder, "It's the devils sure enough."
  32. A few steps brought them to the spring, and Tom felt a shudder quiver all through him.
  33. But the car had begun to shudder and was losing speed.
  34. The word still causes a shudder among some of my students.
  35. "I cannot manage to shudder," said he.
  36. The next crisis sent a shudder of fear through the UN community.
  37. A shudder shook the boy's frame, and his face blenched.
  38. Now I know what it is to shudder!
  39. Lloyd had urged her to eat caviar. She had shuddered at the thought.
  40. It gives me the shudders. ((
  41. The train began to pull out of the station — then suddenly shuddered to a halt.
  42. The spade strikes something hard, sending a shudder through his spine.
  43. The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.
  44. With the gloom of the contraltos added, one could scarcely help shuddering.
  45. The whole ship shuddered and trembled at the sudden strain.
  46. In his "Phaedrus", Plato describes a man, who after beholding a beautiful youth, begins to spin, shudder, shiver and sweat.
  47. There was a blinding flash and the whole building shuddered.
  48. She gave a violent shudder.
  49. She gave a dramatic shudder of repulsion.
  50. The whole car shuddered with an almost frightening surge of power.
  51. Alone in the car, she shuddered with fear.
  52. Just thinking about the accident makes me shudder.
  53. Another surge of pain in my ankle caused me to give an involuntary shudder.
  54. The elevator rose with a shudder.