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quiver
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Ceremony, by Silko
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The mule whinnied and leaned against the sagging gate; Tayo reached into the coffee can and he held some corn under the quivering lips.†
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His eyes were still feverish as he spoke and his fingers quivered like the legs of a dreaming dog; at that moment he wanted her more than he had ever wanted her.†
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He circled the mound and stared at a faded blue rag partially uncovered, quivering in the wind.†
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The dream had been dark wet sand, shifting above water, quicksand with no bottom or top, no edges; it had quivered and heaved in spasms until he choked.†
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He didn't want them to know how sick he had been, how all night he had leaned against the metal wall in the men's room, feeling the layers of muscle in his belly growing thinner, until the heaving was finally a ripple and then a quiver.†
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He was the best, they told him; some men didn't like to feel the quiver of the man they were killing; some men got sick when they smelled the blood.†
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Tayo watched his belly and the way the shirt stuck to it with sweat; he watched the belly quiver when Emo laughed at him.†
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Definition:

to shake or tremble slightly