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There are also four video screens, whether horizontal or vertical, that offer quivery views of such aerial phenomena as birds on a wire or a white streak across a blue sky.

From Washington Post Apr. 14, 2023

Ms. Rainer’s first Academy Award was pretty much for a quivery, gulpy, sniffly — and, yes, sob-inducing — three-minute scene in “The Great Ziegfeld.”

From New York Times Jan. 1, 2015

Her voice has this quivery power that reminds me of Linda Perhacs or Buffy Sainte-Marie, but vocally she’s more of a Roy Orbison-style crooner than a folkie.

From Slate Dec. 26, 2012

The shape, the delicacy, and the quivery sensitivity of these slender tails makes the flower look like feathers or the legs of a ballerina or two little flags.

From The New Yorker Jan. 15, 1995

I tried to smile back, but my lips felt quivery, so I got up and took our plates to the kitchen, wrapped foil around mine, and put it in the refrigerator for later.

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson




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