quaver
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The tart, bluesy quaver in Andra Day’s voice has a long heritage.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
There was a quaver in his voice, which defined the depth of his emotion.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 23, 2021
It’s where Alana first says “You’re sweet, Gary,” a line Haim delivers with a lovely little quaver, as if a mask were falling away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
Tears sprang to my eyes again, lending a quaver to my voice.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2019
There was a quaver to Mama’s voice that Ophie had never heard before, and she laid a calming hand on her mother’s arm.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
The vivid pictures in “Cultivating Imperfection,” the Northern Virginia painter’s Art League show, might be pulsing with sound, light or tectonic quavers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2020
“There are things out there,” a character quavers.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2020
In one particularly musical moment, he expresses planetary motions in musical notation — the orbits of Mercury, Venus and their neighbours spun out into crotchets and quavers.
From Nature ● Mar. 17, 2015
White's version was jumping but respectful; Moon's puts a scratchy guitar line atop juddering drum-machine beats, while he quavers and hollers the vocal line in 50s fashion.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2013
The light filtering in from above shifts again, and the figure quavers as though she were watching through a heat haze, though Mr. A. H— remains comparatively crisp and clear.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Dressed in a traditional feathered cloak, her voice quavered as she thrust a photo of her mother at the committee.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2023
Talking about her father’s caregivers, Robin’s voice quavered.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
As her voice quavered, I felt a surge of emotion so strong it seemed to paralyze me.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2018
His nerdy bravado slipped away and his voice quavered.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2018
But his head quavered and the word sounded like a rattle in his throat.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
What only seems familiar: Powering out of a slow corner with the pedal pinned, the car pulling its guts out, stretching for the redline, revs quavering at the upshifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Voice quavering, I told Sam that I was looking for an actual relationship, one that could go somewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
“Keep up the fight,” he told the audience in a quavering voice.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
HAILEY, Idaho — Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
“My eyes are old, I cannot read what your master writes,” he said in his quavering voice.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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