Examples of shudder in a Sentence
Verb
The old car shuddered to a halt.
The house shuddered as a plane flew overhead.
Noun
a shudder ran through him as he stepped outside into the snow
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
That brewery is taking over Headflyer's space after closing its own Nordeast taproom in 2023, then shuddering entirely last year before rising from the ashes months later.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 May 2026
That process of a rupture hitting a barrier creates a signature called a stopping phase—a seismic shudder traveling the opposite direction to the main rupture.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Nothing much really happens in this movie after Philip’s initial arrest, but the world viscerally shudders under Lucy’s feet every time one of her husband’s alibis falls apart.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
That brewery is taking over Headflyer's space after closing its own Nordeast taproom in 2023, then shuddering entirely last year before rising from the ashes months later.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Noun
In early April, Anthropic sent shudders through the tech community with Claude’s Mythos Preview model.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 May 2026
That process of a rupture hitting a barrier creates a signature called a stopping phase—a seismic shudder traveling the opposite direction to the main rupture.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shudder. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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shudder
1 of 2 verb
shud·der
ˈshəd-ər 
shuddered; shuddering
-(ə-)riŋ
1
: to tremble with fear or horror or from cold
shuddered just thinking about it
2
: shake entry 1 sense 1, quiver
the train slowed and shuddered to a halt
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