Examples of shudder in a Sentence
Verb
The old car shuddered to a halt.
The house shuddered as a plane flew overhead.
Noun
a shudder ran through him as he stepped outside into the snow
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
One shudders to think how Ross, whom Grant divorced in 1929, and who died in 1951, would have reacted to so echoing a lack.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
As the low drone grew louder, individual voices peeled off with microtonal shudders and ululations, and foghorn-like trombone blasts wormed their way through the vocal texture.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Verb
Trump’s early-morning social-media missive caused markets to shudder.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
One shudders to think how Ross, whom Grant divorced in 1929, and who died in 1951, would have reacted to so echoing a lack.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
In some scenes, without much alteration in tone, reality slips away with a shudder.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
As the low drone grew louder, individual voices peeled off with microtonal shudders and ululations, and foghorn-like trombone blasts wormed their way through the vocal texture.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shudder. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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shudder
1 of 2 verb
shud·der
ˈshəd-ər 
shuddered; shuddering
-(ə-)riŋ
1
: to tremble with fear or horror or from cold
shuddered just thinking about it
2
: shake entry 1 sense 1, quiver
the train slowed and shuddered to a halt
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