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
In 1982, the “Blade Runner” dystopian vision of a fallen, polluted world felt like a cautionary tale; by 2017, the images of a ruined, fallen, overheated world had the shivery immediacy of documentary.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022
The shivery feeling came back, stronger than before.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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