tremor
Example Sentences
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She obviously has, and has had, an essential tremor.
From Slate • May 9, 2026
"Even after a year, the tremor, the scenes and the feelings from that earthquake feel as if they happened only yesterday or the day before. To this day, it remains in my heart."
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
He had developed a tremor in his hands and had trouble holding a camera still.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Unless you stomp on the accelerator, it initially moves out on electric power and the gas engine soon joins in, sending a subtle, snoozy tremor through the structure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
The rattling whisper they had heard inside the keep had grown louder, a tremor and moaning in the earth under their feet.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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