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atremble

adjective
atrem·​ble | \ É™-ˈtrem-bÉ™l How to pronounce atremble (audio) \

Definition of atremble

: shaking involuntarily : trembling he was white as death and all atremble— Robert Coover
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Examples of atremble in a Sentence

atremble with fright at the sound of the booming howitzers

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 The prospect of a multicultural America cannot mesh with the white Protestant template, and this has many white people atremble with cultural insecurity. — John E. Mcintyre, baltimoresun.com, "No longer a white Protestant nation," 30 Aug. 2017 His gaze has the power to set walls, grown men and the earth itself atremble. — A. O. Scott, New York Times, "Review: In ‘Midnight Special,’ on the Run With a Highly Unusual Child," 17 Mar. 2016

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First Known Use of atremble

1845, in the meaning defined above

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