shudder

Most distance runners would shudder at the thought of grinding away on a machine so boring it has earned the nickname “dreadmill.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

Tía Raquel whispers, “I shudder to think that we may never see each other again.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

The remarks sent shudders through chipmakers particularly, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index tumbling 5.9 percent -- its biggest drop in more than two months, according to Bloomberg.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 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

So, too, is the film’s music, composer Anthony Willis and soundtrack artist Charlie XCX entwining raspy strings with grimy, ominous shudders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

As a bestselling author, relationship coach Matthew Hussey shudders at the idea of using ChatGPT to write a book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

It made a few protesting shudders, as he pressed down with both hands on the pommel of the sword.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The stock market shuddered Thursday after investors resumed a weekslong bond selloff that has defied the Treasury Department’s attempts to curb borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025

On September 21, 1997, while cruising off the coast of Virginia, the billion-dollar missile cruiser shuddered to a halt.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

“Your own children are work enough,” they would whisper, shuddering, “just imagine putting up with someone else’s.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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

Even before the red, it looked likely that Martin's period of calm after Saturday's League Cup win over Hibernian was about to come to a shuddering and noisy end.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

His teeth chattered and clacked, and nothing would make his frigid shuddering stop.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig