quaver
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Crucially, too, Bailey has the set of pipes that every Ariel needs and a gift for modulating her emotions through music, shifting from a rich, confident vibrato one moment to a hesitant quaver the next.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
There was a quaver in his voice, which defined the depth of his emotion.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 23, 2021
Vocal cords grow brittle; high notes start to quaver; low tones hollow out.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
Tears sprang to my eyes again, lending a quaver to my voice.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2019
"Thirty-nine minutes, twelve seconds," Johanssen said, trying not to quaver.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
The vivid pictures in “Cultivating Imperfection,” the Northern Virginia painter’s Art League show, might be pulsing with sound, light or tectonic quavers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2020
“There are things out there,” a character quavers.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2020
They are also asked to say “Aaah” for 10 seconds into the phone; measuring how much the voice quavers can help to tell doctors about their muscle tone.
From Nature ● Nov. 3, 2015
White's version was jumping but respectful; Moon's puts a scratchy guitar line atop juddering drum-machine beats, while he quavers and hollers the vocal line in 50s fashion.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2013
The light filtering in from above shifts again, and the figure quavers as though she were watching through a heat haze, though Mr. A. H— remains comparatively crisp and clear.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Dressed in a traditional feathered cloak, her voice quavered as she thrust a photo of her mother at the committee.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023
His voice quavered as he described his players’ hopes of winning the upcoming Frozen Four, college hockey’s premier event.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
Talking about her father’s caregivers, Robin’s voice quavered.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
When it came time for him to address the gathering at his uncle’s grave, Franken’s voice quavered as he took in, for the first time, the cross that was about to be removed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2020
“But, my Lord,” I quavered, “I am only an ignorant man who knows nothing of the art of healing.”
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
What only seems familiar: Powering out of a slow corner with the pedal pinned, the car pulling its guts out, stretching for the redline, revs quavering at the upshifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
“Keep up the fight,” he told the audience in a quavering voice.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
A caller who did not identify himself pleaded in a quavering voice for the council to oppose the ban.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Staticky street sounds from Shuliavka, a neighborhood that endured artillery strikes in the war’s first hours, commingle with quavering loops of electronic vibrations.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
“This was a very hard decision to make,” she said in a slightly quavering voice.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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