tremor
Example Sentences
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But it is a two-year tremor atop a 45-year trend that runs the other way, and the error nearly every commentator makes is to mistake the tremor for the trend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
People milled around Havana's city center, checking their phones after the tremor which according to Cuban authorities was felt "throughout the entire west of the country."
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
She obviously has, and has had, an essential tremor.
From Slate • May 9, 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
But scarcely a moment later she glanced back as though she couldn’t help it, and Kaede felt a tremor inside herself as the blush on Taisin’s cheeks deepened.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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