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third-person singular simple present trembles, present participle trembling, simple past and past participle trembled
(intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate. quotations examples
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
(intransitive, figurative) To fear; to be afraid. quotations examples
Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], James 2:19
plural trembles
A shake, quiver, or vibration. examples