trembler

Example Sentences

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The vibrations caused by the work led to businesses' trembler alarms repeatedly going off.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

When New York City was rattled by an earthquake earlier this year, Hernández threw on a skintight jumpsuit and a cap with NYC on it to embody the trembler.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024

Lots of spiking words only spike because they are “cued” by headline writers, who are basically the only people who use them, says Sokolowski, like when journalists use the word trembler to describe an earthquake.

From Time • Dec. 19, 2016

The venture had a team working on an out-of-service reactor at the site when the first trembler struck, Tetuan said.

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 12, 2011

His trembling knees and torn dress made confession,—the trembler himself being tongueless with dread,—that Frank had been engaged in some fearful adventure.

From Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) by Cooper, Thomas