shudder

An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Millions with so-called straight jobs shudder at their steady devaluation in the face of artificial intelligence.

From Salon ● May 4, 2026

A 1970s-style outcome, or anything close to it, would have been enough to make anyone shudder — but especially retirees and others living on fixed or semi-fixed incomes.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

Liu cast an envious eye toward Trump’s ability to make the world shudder over U.S. tariffs, which he said was the result of dollar-wielding American consumers’ buying power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

The memory of that accident made me shudder.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

The high-stakes game of chicken complicated the effort to negotiate an end to a conflict that has left thousands dead and sent shudders through the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

Shona Banu still shudders when she thinks of the past few days.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

Allied leaders will by and large keep their shudders under wraps.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2024

All of the pain and memories of the past filled her so that only tears and shudders escaped her.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

But when the piece was published, I shuddered at the headline: “Beyonce’s ‘Break My Soul’ just broke the internet and — hell yeah — is a Pride Month dance bop.”

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

"Now I'm afraid of the river," he shuddered.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

Cruz surged with joy, then shuddered at the thought of having to say goodbye again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

It should have been a routine procedure but the command module, Odyssey, shuddered.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

“Ancient peas,” he said ominously to his siblings, and they all shuddered in horror.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

In 2008, the shuddering global economy and soaring fuel prices helped push several airlines into bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

“They think we’re these evil business owners,” she said, shuddering.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

Villa's 11-game winning streak in all competitions was brought to a shuddering halt with a 4-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, raising doubts about their ability to maintain a title charge.

From Barron's ● Jan. 3, 2026

Now, all the other NFC contenders are getting hot — Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago — and the Rams are shuddering in an emotional ice bath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025

As her face continued to grow in places it wasn’t meant to, two long, black claws abruptly sliced their way straight out of Malevolent’s back, twitching and shuddering with wild abandon at their freedom.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley