Both Uses of
tremulous
in
The House of Mirth
- To do so might be to provoke a scene; and a scene, in the shaken state of Mrs. Peniston's nerves, with the effects of her dinner not worn off, and her mind still tremulous with new impressions, was a risk she deemed it her duty to avoid.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- But she did not weep easily, and the long habit of self-control reasserted itself, though she was still too tremulous to speak.†
Chpt 2.12
Definition:
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(tremulous) quivering (unsteady or shaky) -- usually from weakness or fear -- especially of the voice