Explore Tremble through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like shake or shiver. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tremble meaning
- To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
- To fear; to be afraid.
Synonyms of Tremble
Using Tremble
- The main meaning on this page is: To shake, quiver, or vibrate. | To fear; to be afraid.
- Useful related words include: shake, shiver, reflex, instinctive reflex.
- In the example corpus, tremble often appears in combinations such as: to tremble, tremble at, tremble and.
Context around Tremble
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tremble
- In this selection, "tremble" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rascal, knowing, hide, bark and exited stand out and add context to how "tremble" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include started to tremble and begun to tremble. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tremble" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tremble
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His hands started to tremble. (5 words)
Tremble exited the game in concussion protocol. (7 words)
The wind blows, and the trees tremble. (7 words)
In 'Edge of Tomorrow', Tom Cruise can be seen wearing the uniform of a soldier in almost every scene, and we have already seen Ajith Kumar donning military attire in 'Vivegam', and if he does it once again, then box-office will surely tremble. (44 words)
Plenty of Labour MPs tremble at that prospect, either because they think they’ll lose their seats, in the Midlands or the north of England, or because they feel that the historic bond between Labour and the working class will be sundered. (42 words)
Kicking with a four-on-the-floor beat and bleating harmonica, the opening moments of “Swamp Rascal” tremble out with a contact high of Count Five’s “Psychotic Reaction” offset with a post-punk guitar hook. (36 words)
How ridiculous, we thought, for an adult leader to tremble at the sight of satirical online memes! (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
Everything could have changed on Sunday but the northern club did not tremble against a rusty Canon.
He saw the soldier’s eyes flicker and tremble at his feet in soporific astonishment.
How ridiculous, we thought, for an adult leader to tremble at the sight of satirical online memes!
Kicking with a four-on-the-floor beat and bleating harmonica, the opening moments of “Swamp Rascal” tremble out with a contact high of Count Five’s “Psychotic Reaction” offset with a post-punk guitar hook.
Knowing Tremble, who spent 12 years as the county’s treasurer, was running for the seat made Baldacci more comfortable with retiring, he said.
The Philippines isn’t doomed to tremble at the slightest wind, but it is dependent on our leadership that we do not.
The very ground seemed to tremble with the power of the sound, a sound that had first graced Southampton's shores back in 1936.
This time of year can be frightening for our pets, causing them to hide, tremble, bark, and whimper.
Tremble exited the game in concussion protocol.
When spotted by a Volatile, they omit a piercing roar and charge the player with a 40-yard dash time that would make an NFL running back tremble.
His cruelty was widespread and just an utterance of his name would bring many people to a tremble.
The wind blows, and the trees tremble.
You'll tremble as you struggle to clutch your controller in this ominous outer space setting.
Although many of these creatures are terrible, there are a selected few that truly make even the most seasoned player tremble in their Vault jumpsuit.
But as the morning drew closer, I started to tremble.
D-Day in Photos: Heroes of a More Certain Time: As the number of surviving veterans dwindles, the old pillars of trans-Atlantic certainty have begun to tremble.
In 'Edge of Tomorrow', Tom Cruise can be seen wearing the uniform of a soldier in almost every scene, and we have already seen Ajith Kumar donning military attire in 'Vivegam', and if he does it once again, then box-office will surely tremble.
Plenty of Labour MPs tremble at that prospect, either because they think they’ll lose their seats, in the Midlands or the north of England, or because they feel that the historic bond between Labour and the working class will be sundered.
These people are not so much angry as terrified, with the kind of terror that makes knees tremble.
His hands started to tremble.
Common combinations with tremble
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to tremble 10×
- tremble at 4×
- tremble and 3×
- tremble in 2×