tremulous
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He has described the prehistoric-looking Dalmatian pelicans, which “have eyes of such tremulous glacial depths—the bluish-gray sclera like an ice sheet being cored by the black iris—that they appear to hold entire worlds inside them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Odell's voice, which tends towards the tremulous, thrums with emotional resonance, gently underscored by brushed drums and swelling strings.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
But there’s a disturbing intimacy to the film as well, with Cillian Murphy’s tremulous J. Robert Oppenheimer leading an unstable band of scientists while nearly drowning in uncharted political and ethical waters.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
As for Scott, he holds you and carries every scene with offhand wit and tremulous vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
He perched in the stand, both hands wrapped around the head of his cane now, a tremulous and gangling old man.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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