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Which fictional character is known for carrying a quiver?

quiver

[kwiv-er] / ˈkwɩv ər /




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She conjures a bewitching onscreen presence that many of her contemporaries could only dream of, pulling the viewer’s gaze with a single glare from her steely eyes or the quiver of her chin.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

In the meantime, locals like Ogata and Yui* are having to pick up the pieces and try to restore some kind of normality – even as the shockwaves, both geological and psychological, continue to quiver.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

As Pierce sees it, a 10% cap is “one of the few arrows left in the quiver for the White House really struggling to address the affordability crisis.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

What is it about a title like “Neighbors” that sends a little quiver up one’s spine?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

But as I grew older, I noticed how her voice would quiver and she'd turn away, so I stopped asking.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

His lower lip quivers; there’s an expression on his face that my husband and I used to call “sad baby.”

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

With calculations based on linear algebra, the research team demonstrated that -- analogous to radioactivity in atomic nuclei -- a magnetic quiver can decay into a more stable state or fission into two separate quivers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

Mr McKeown, who is 37, was taken to Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, where they discovered he had suffered a ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest, which is when the heart quivers instead of pumping normally.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2023

She played a new single, “Alone,” that had some jazzy, jagged percussion and Björk-worthy vocal quivers, showing she’s getting only more ambitious with time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

He stretches his thin arms above his head, and his whole body, especially his white beard, quivers.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

On the verge of tears, his voice quivered and broke.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

His lips quivered as he held back tears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

While the video played, Doncic’s lip quivered as tears pooled in the corners of his eyes, his emotion at its most visible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025

His hands shook and voice quivered at times.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

The plants quivered at the depth of the sound.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Through evocative descriptions—the skylark’s trill “hovering in the quivering air,” or the sun rising over a “silvery, dew-thick cow meadow”—Ms. Haynes invites us to take part in the daily rhythms of our natural world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Be fretful, be anxious, be a quivering wreck about what might be in America, but keep perspective, too.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

“Homeland” co-developer Howard Gordon serves as this show’s showrunner, and he’s amply familiar with Danes’ preternatural ability to break out an anxiety-squinched expression and quivering lower lip precisely when the action calls for them.

From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2025

You will achieve nothing by quivering “B-b-but the price-to-earnings ratio!” as its stock continues to trade above this atmosphere.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025

He was standing there crying, his legs quivering like skinny little twigs in the wind.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis




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