Shivered is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shivered meaning
simple past and past participle of shiver
Using Shivered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of shiver
- In the example corpus, shivered often appears in combinations such as: shivered in.
Context around Shivered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shivered
- In this selection, "shivered" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tops, scots, blackheathens and uncontrollably stand out and add context to how "shivered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include akinyi visibly shivered in her and and kalpa shivered at sub. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shivered" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shivered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At night, Blaine shivered uncontrollably from the inclement weather. (9 words)
Akinyi visibly shivered in her seat beside Omido; lead poisoning patients are known to shake and have chills. (18 words)
Coal met a quarter of the UK’s energy needs as Britain shivered in the recent cold snap. (18 words)
I played the bamboo flute those days and there were plenty sold along the way and by the time I reached the sea, I played a tune and whoever it was who was with me, shivered with the melancholic tune. (40 words)
After sinking between flannel sheets topped with Granny’s Comforter, I shivered a couple time more and then drifted off to a deep sleep aided in part to a couple of shots of medicinal bourbon (sorry, Granny). (37 words)
Parents shivered in the snow and freezing rain or idled in their cars to ensure their children would get one of the 17 to 40 spots remaining in each school’s French-immersion kindergarten classes. (35 words)
Example sentences (12)
After downing 2 mimosas I left the pregame to brave the 28 degree weather, where glittered up girls in mini skirts and tank tops shivered their way to other pregames.
I played the bamboo flute those days and there were plenty sold along the way and by the time I reached the sea, I played a tune and whoever it was who was with me, shivered with the melancholic tune.
Scots shivered as snow fell in Scotland last week, with -2C lows in Scotland and frost for parts, as many turned on heating amid the chill.
So brave Blackheathens shivered under grey skies, umbrellas at the ready, listening to representatives of the three tiers of government, which all contributed financially to the new landmark.
Thousands of Aussies have shivered through the coldest mornings recorded so far this year as a chilly polar air mass continues to hover above the east coast.
After sinking between flannel sheets topped with Granny’s Comforter, I shivered a couple time more and then drifted off to a deep sleep aided in part to a couple of shots of medicinal bourbon (sorry, Granny).
Parents shivered in the snow and freezing rain or idled in their cars to ensure their children would get one of the 17 to 40 spots remaining in each school’s French-immersion kindergarten classes.
The weather remained dry and cold in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday as Manali, Sundernagar, Bhuntar, Keylong and Kalpa shivered at sub zero temperatures.
Akinyi visibly shivered in her seat beside Omido; lead poisoning patients are known to shake and have chills.
B-Metro managed to get hold of Mnkandla who continuously shivered and wept as she narrated her chilling ordeal.
Coal met a quarter of the UK’s energy needs as Britain shivered in the recent cold snap.
At night, Blaine shivered uncontrollably from the inclement weather.
Common combinations with shivered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shivered in 3×