SHUDDER in a Sentence
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217 example sentences for SHUDDER, such as:
1. Maria shuddered as she stepped outside.
2. He shuddered when he saw the dead animal.
3. I shuddered at the sight of the dead body.
4. This order to heat the irons made Dantes shudder.
5. I shudder to think how much this is all going to cost.
2. He shuddered when he saw the dead animal.
3. I shuddered at the sight of the dead body.
4. This order to heat the irons made Dantes shudder.
5. I shudder to think how much this is all going to cost.
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Meanings and Examples of SHUDDER
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shudder
n. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
v. tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 His hand closed upon the knife; he raised it, glanced at it, and let it fall, with a shudder.
2 A few steps brought them to the spring, and Tom felt a shudder quiver all through him.
3 Some persons even got a splinter in their heart, and then it made one shudder, for their heart became like a lump of ice.
4 She did not feel that she could trust him, and she could not look at him nor think of him without an inward shudder.
5 A door that communicated with the Palais de Justice was opened, and they went through a long range of gloomy corridors, whose appearance might have made even the boldest shudder.
6 Upon my word," said Dantes, "you make me shudder.
7 "He shall be both blind and deaf," replied the young man, with an air of determination that made his companion shudder.
8 This order to heat the irons made Dantes shudder.
9 Franz felt a shudder run through his veins at observing that the feeling of the duke and the countess was so much in unison with his own personal disquietude.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
10 In the meanwhile Franz was considering the singular shudder that had passed over the Count of Monte Cristo at the moment when he had been, in some sort, forced to give his hand to Albert.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
11 Villefort pronounced these words with an accent which would have made the count shudder had he heard him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
Context Highlight In Chapter 67. At the Office of the King's Attorney.
12 It was never without a nervous shudder, since the dinner at Auteuil, and the events which followed it, that Madame Danglars heard Monte Cristo's name announced.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.
Context Highlight In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger.
13 The article having been read during the painful hush that followed, a universal shudder pervaded the assembly, and immediately the closest attention was given to the orator as he resumed his remarks.
14 These words were uttered in a tone which made Morrel shudder.
15 On recognizing her step-mother, Valentine could not repress a shudder, which caused a vibration in the bed.
Example Sentence:
1 Rochester shudder: a singularly marked expression of disgust, horror, hatred, warped his countenance almost to distortion.
2 I shudder to think how much this is all going to cost.
3 He shuddered when he saw the dead animal.
4 I shuddered at the sight of the dead body.
5 The economy has shuddered to a halt because of the civil war.
6 Maria shuddered as she stepped outside.
7 Then he said: "Something told me 't if I didn't come back and get--" He shuddered; then waved his nerveless hand with a vanquished gesture.