- present tense form of quiver (3rd person singular).
quivers
Example Sentences
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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
On a recent evening, Karuk men and boys gathered by the Klamath wearing traditional regalia and holding spears, bows and quivers made of animal skins and filled with willow branches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
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
A few carried short bows, with quivers of arrows slung across their backs.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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