shudder
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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
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
She mentions utility bills in particular – if you shudder at the thought of ringing your internet provider to cancel a contract, these tactics have worked.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
We shudder to think what the reaction would be in Washington if the battle of Tarawa were fought again today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
He was wet and so cold he felt wrong to her, and she had to work to suppress a shudder.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
Each song shudders with youthful cockiness and desperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 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
One shudders to think what Border Patrol sector chief Gregory Bovino thinks is excessive for la migra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
There's a thrilling version of Clocks that shudders with discordant guitar riffs before resolving into a powerful chorus; and an extended acoustic version of Sparks has fans swooning.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
His damp hair shudders with each hit he makes.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Our Waymo shuddered to a stop, and we jumped out in the middle of the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“The earth shuddered, the street rose up,” recalled Arturo Rivero, who had gone to La Guaira for the day with his family to enjoy the beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Despite all the times I shuddered at the trailer tagline, “Believe in the Hail Mary,” over the last year, I really do.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
"Now I'm afraid of the river," he shuddered.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 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
Stunned captain Alyssa Healy says Australia let themselves down after their reign as one-day world champions was brought to a shuddering halt by hosts India.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
“In the beginning, ‘friends’ is almost a nasty word for her,” says Yeoh, shuddering at the thought of nice Prime denizens trying to befriend the emperor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
A shuddering howl broke from him, as if he were a captain summoning his pack to the assault.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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