tremor

Example Sentences

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More than 3,800 people in Myanmar -- and around 90 more in neighbouring Thailand -- were killed when the 7.7-magnitude tremor struck on March 28, 2025.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

"Even after a year, the tremor, the scenes and the feelings from that earthquake feel as if they happened only yesterday or the day before. To this day, it remains in my heart."

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

But it is another tremor shaking up assumptions about the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Two minor earthquakes hit Lancashire in as many weeks in December, with the epicentre of the 2.5 magnitude tremor located off the coast of Silverdale, in Morecambe Bay.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

The fog sucked the tremor of inflection in his voice, and the sentence came out sounding flat, lifeless.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon