All 11 Uses

quiver
in
The Contender, by Lipsyte
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He made himself get up then, pushing his long, wiry legs over the edge of the bed, standing on the little throw rug until the quivering stopped.†
Chpt 2
A quivering chill ran up his legs, and his teeth began to grind and a ball of ice formed in the pit of his stomach and he took a breath and plunged through the door, into the darkness, a choking, musty darkness that stank of stale wine and antiseptic and sweat and urine and liniment.†
Chpt 2
He straightened up and the ropes quivered back into place.†
Chpt 3
In the ring, their heads encased by black leather guards, two fighters danced around each other, ducking, bobbing, bouncing on and off the quivering ropes.†
Chpt 6
The scrawny body came up very slowly, quivering with the strain, folding over until the face and the knees were almost touching.†
Chpt 6 *
His knees were quivering.†
Chpt 8
His knees stopped quivering.†
Chpt 8
"I gotta go now," said Alfred, quivering again as he took a step toward the door.†
Chpt 8
He moved in closer, his knees quivering as the snow seeped through his trousers.†
Chpt 20
Alfred tried it, coming up slowly, inch by inch, fighting to keep his legs straight and his heels on the mat as his shoulders began to quiver and the muscles in his stomach tightened painfully.†
Chpt 6
Alfred's knees began to quiver.†
Chpt 14

Definition:

to shake or tremble slightly