Tremulous

Examples

• I am afraid I was in a tremulous state for a minute or so, though I did my best to disguise it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Only me,' replied a tremulous voice. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• To invoke your pity, said the lovely Jewess, with a voice somewhat tremulous with emotion, would, I am aware, be as useless as I should hold it mean. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But she did not weep easily, and the long habit of self-control reasserted itself, though she was still too tremulous to speak. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Yes, sir,' replied Oliver, in a low, tremulous voice. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Caroline, beginning in a low, rather tremulous voice, but gaining courage as she proceeded, repeated the sweet verses of Chénier. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And if she can get no friend, she says she thinks she'll die, Jos proceeded in a low tremulous voice. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The Court sits tremulous, powerless: varies with the varying temper of the Esplanade, with the varying colour of the rumours from Paris. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I heard, through the dead silence, the soft drip of the rain and the tremulous passage of the night air through the trees. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• God's will be done, said Cedric, in a voice tremulous with passion, which Front-de-Boeuf imputed to fear. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I know you think me ungrateful, Rebecca continued, coming out of the window, and once more looking at him and addressing him in a low tremulous voice. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I doubted if we should have got home without assistance, the boy's steps were so uncertain and tremulous. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The panting of the horses communicated a tremulous motion to the coach, as if it were in a state of agitation. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Then again she was conscious of another change which also made her tremulous; it was a sudden strange yearning of heart towards Will Ladislaw. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Her sensibilities were so weak and tremulous that perhaps they ought not to be talked about in a book. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mr. George, says Grandfather Smallweed with a tremulous wave of his shrivelled hand, this is the gentleman, sir. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Not alone, my dear, nor unprotected, neither,' submitted Mr. Bumble, in a voice tremulous with fear: '_I_ am here, my dear. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Mary did not mean to betray any feeling, but in spite of herself she ended in a tremulous tone of vexation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I was flushed, and tremulous from head to foot: tell it not in Gath, I believe I was crying. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The young ladies of the Conservatoire, being very much frightened, made rather a tremulous exhibition on the two grand pianos. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It seemed strange and ghostlike in that dreary old house, perhaps because of the already tremulous state of his nerves. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She heard it in his grave and tremulous voice. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

Typist: Theodore