Both Uses of
tremulous
in
The Fall of the House of Usher
- His voice varied rapidly from a tremulous indecision (when the animal spirits seemed utterly in abeyance) to that species of energetic concision—that abrupt, weighty, unhurried, and hollow-sounding enunciation—that leaden, self-balanced and perfectly modulated guttural utterance, which may be observed in the lost drunkard, or the irreclaimable eater of opium, during the periods of his most intense excitement.†
- The once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance.
*tremulous = quivering (shaky)
Definition:
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(tremulous) quivering (unsteady or shaky) -- usually from weakness or fear -- especially of the voice