as in shaking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the glasses and knickknacks on the shelves vibrated during the slight earthquake
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Recent Examples of vibrating
The cynic in me is cautious and keenly aware of the often empty allure of nostalgia, while the teen girl who spent her entire summer job money on an Xbox 360 and Halo 3 is vibrating with excitement.
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Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
My jaw stopped clacking and my body stopped vibrating.
—Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
The area put on a display of yellow aspen trees dotting the mountains between evergreens, their delicate leaves vibrating in the wind.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Microneedling is a treatment that uses thin, vibrating needles to puncture your skin.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
This zoo of proposals all introduce new effects outside the horizon that should change how a vibrating black hole emits gravitational waves.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Imagine 750-horsepower wind machines kicking up debris and haptic signals vibrating the seats as the iconic twister lifts Dorothy’s house and deposits it next to the yellow-brick road.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
The story of damped harmonic systems goes back to 1900, when British physicist Horace Lamb built a simple mathematical model of a particle vibrating inside a solid.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
My jaw stopped clacking and my body stopped vibrating.
—Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
The area put on a display of yellow aspen trees dotting the mountains between evergreens, their delicate leaves vibrating in the wind.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Microneedling is a treatment that uses thin, vibrating needles to puncture your skin.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
Rodríguez’s phone is vibrating, shaking the bottle and glasses, though the chicharrones don’t move.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
This zoo of proposals all introduce new effects outside the horizon that should change how a vibrating black hole emits gravitational waves.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Imagine 750-horsepower wind machines kicking up debris and haptic signals vibrating the seats as the iconic twister lifts Dorothy’s house and deposits it next to the yellow-brick road.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
The story of damped harmonic systems goes back to 1900, when British physicist Horace Lamb built a simple mathematical model of a particle vibrating inside a solid.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vibrating
Verb
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While shaking hands and chatting with members of the public, one person shouted questions regarding Prince Andrew as the monarch came near.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Though slower, S waves and surface waves cause the most damage due to their intense ground-shaking motion.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Having documented much of her daughter’s health battle on social media, Atkinson shared the footage of her tear-jerking wish on TikTok (@kayatkin).—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Sounds like the plot of a tear-jerking movie, no?—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Andy sighed, shuddering between them.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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The White House will be well aware of this fact, particularly in an environment where fiscally conservative Republicans will be shuddering at Uncle Sam’s $37 trillion (and growing) national debt.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Vibrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vibrating. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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