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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Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 9 July 2025
My father seemed to crumple a little, shuddering, grabbing the edge of his desk to steady himself.
—Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
The band enlisted the great Mike Mills to direct, with Saoirse Ronan starring as an office worker who dances, squirms, shudders, and screams through her daily routine.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 June 2025
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Verb
All those sharp tool and drills are enough to make anyone shudder.
—Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 9 July 2025
My father seemed to crumple a little, shuddering, grabbing the edge of his desk to steady himself.
—Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Noun
At Bonniers Konsthall, with its low mechanical rhythm and amorphous forms, the sculpture breathes and shudders in a space that feels eerily alive—a shelter of desire, decay, and instability.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
The band enlisted the great Mike Mills to direct, with Saoirse Ronan starring as an office worker who dances, squirms, shudders, and screams through her daily routine.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 June 2025
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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shudder. Accessed 19 Jul. 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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