trembled

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His firm started to see trouble at the end of 2025 and feared that if anything remotely trembled the market, it would cause aftereffects in the economy: higher inflation and lower interest rates.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

There is something almost absurd about attempting to appraise “Gilgamesh,” as though one were asked to appraise wind, or love, or that first human thought that trembled toward language.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"It shook the whole building, the windows... it all trembled so much," the man said, adding that people several kilometres away had felt the impact.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Again and again, as my forearms trembled and my fingers ached, my feet slipped on the mercilessly smooth granite.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

Juanita’s voice trembled almost as much as the sad-looking flowers on her hat.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall