Shiver is an English word with synonyms like shudder or tremble. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shiver in a sentence
Related words
Shiver meaning
- To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
- To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
Synonyms of Shiver
Using Shiver
- The main meaning on this page is: To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened. | To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
- Useful related words include: shudder, tremble, thrill, tingle.
- In the example corpus, shiver often appears in combinations such as: shiver down, send shiver, sent shiver.
Context around Shiver
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shiver
- In this selection, "shiver" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cold, increased, robert, down and strike stand out and add context to how "shiver" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cold shiver down my and a guaranteed shiver down the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shiver" sits close to words such as abrasion, abscess and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shiver
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In other news hot burns and cold makes you shiver. (10 words)
Increased Shiver Strike thrust while Glacial Quake is active by 10%. (11 words)
Something that makes me shiver (and not because I’m cringing). (11 words)
The “Chrisley Knows Best” star said she’s in the “very, very” new stages of her relationship with Robert Shiver, the former Auburn University football player who survived his estranged wife’s alleged plot to murder him after he learned of her affair. (43 words)
Children, in their new shiny shoes, have been heading back to education this week and one thing was enough to send a cold shiver down my spine, evoking memories of a few decades past and my own school days. (39 words)
A lot of times, players will opt to side with their favorite idol, and Shiver has been on something of a tear throughout 2023, picking the winner in Splatfests held in April, May, and July. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A lot of times, players will opt to side with their favorite idol, and Shiver has been on something of a tear throughout 2023, picking the winner in Splatfests held in April, May, and July.
Children, in their new shiny shoes, have been heading back to education this week and one thing was enough to send a cold shiver down my spine, evoking memories of a few decades past and my own school days.
Increased Shiver Strike thrust while Glacial Quake is active by 10%.
It's a testament to Fujimoto's storytelling that an image of a young girl's silhouette can send a shiver down people's spines.
Something that makes me shiver (and not because I’m cringing).
The “Chrisley Knows Best” star said she’s in the “very, very” new stages of her relationship with Robert Shiver, the former Auburn University football player who survived his estranged wife’s alleged plot to murder him after he learned of her affair.
The screen becomes heavily wooded, and the branches shiver from a digital breeze.
These are people who, when the national anthem is sung, they get a little shiver down their spine.
What makes White Mushrooms so cute is how expressive they are; if they are cold, they will shiver; if they are hot, they will fan themselves.
When President Xi told his annual congress last week that China must ‘dare to fight’, it sent a shiver down the spine of all those who wish to live in a stable and peaceful world.
Horror movies are best done when they make the viewer feel like the movie’s creator is clever — when connections can be made that truly make the audience shiver.
If all other Guyanese shiver from doing so, not I. I do.
In the wake of the Christmas period, the UK is set to shiver in a downturn of temperatures as we head further into January.
It sent a shiver right up my spine – and the horror of the potential consequences of this act started to sink in.
Lindsay Shiver is expected back in the Bahamas for her pre-trial on Feb. 21, 2024, according to the outlet.
Those words sent a guaranteed shiver down the spine of anyone who watched this episode as a kid.
Trooper Shiver is a big part of the post here and is very much involved in law enforcement.
In other news hot burns and cold makes you shiver.
I shiver my way through reception to the chilled lift, enter my frigid room to search for the switch to turn the aircon off.
It’s the reason people from cold climates can feel comfortable in winter conditions that make a Florida transplant shiver in misery.
Common combinations with shiver
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shiver down 9×
- send shiver 4×
- sent shiver 3×
- shiver in 3×
- shiver is 3×
- shiver from 2×
- audience shiver 2×
- to shiver 2×