shivery
Example Sentences
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The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
“A House of Dynamite” is a work of shivery, apocalyptic power from the Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, whose last film, “Detroit,” was eight years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
I hold my breath when a passing truck leaves only a few inches between my shivery flesh and its metal flanks.
From Slate • Jan. 16, 2023
Once back home, I brought the summer to a shivery close by listening to a pair of CDs dramatizing “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Call of Cthulhu,” both from the H.P.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022
His sister even thanked him once, which made him so warm and shivery inside, that he had to run and shout, louder than ever, at nothing.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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