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quaver

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There were lines in her face that Davy had never seen, a near quaver in her voice that he had never heard.

She stopped, for fear of breaking into a quaver, and smiled brightly.

“I reckon I had to do it, old man,” he said, a quaver in his voice.

“What I want to know is whether I can serve you—now or afterwards,” she added, with a quaver.

She evidently realized that her tone was a mere quaver of assent, for she repeated the word more firmly.

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On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quaver, such as: falter, note, oscillate, quake, quiver, and shake.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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