shudder

Example Sentences

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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

Nurse Angela explains away the smell—“Oh, that’s just ether”—but readers familiar with the earlier novel featuring Dr. Larch might shudder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

But in the franchise’s ongoing parable of mankind’s hubris, the all-seeing enigma in “Alien: Earth” adds another reason to make us shudder.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2025

Home Office Minister Mike Tapp said the PM continues to have "confidence in Mandelson" and his abilities as ambassador, adding the "disturbing" emails made him "shudder".

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

The red sparks rose in a shudder and died in the blackness overhead.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy