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tremble

/ˈtɹɛmbl̩/ verb B1
  1. To shake, quiver, or vibrate. (intransitive) · Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears· The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.
  2. To fear; to be afraid. (figuratively, intransitive)

He/she/it trembles · Past trembled · Past participle trembled · -ing form trembling

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Verb forms

Base form
tremble
He/she/it
trembles
Past
trembled
Past participle
trembled
-ing form
trembling

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Do come back again, and we won’t talk about cats or dogs either, if you don’t like them!” When the Mouse heard this, it turned round and swam slowly back to her: its face was quite pale (with passion, Alice thought), and it said in a low trembling voice, “Let us get to the shore, and then I’ll tell you my history, and you’ll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 15 · B2
Some of the birds hurried off at once: one old Magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully, remarking, “I really must be getting home; the night-air doesn’t suit my throat!” and a Canary called out in a trembling voice to its children, “Come away, my dears!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 21 · B2
Alice knew it was the Rabbit coming to look for her, and she trembled till she shook the house, quite forgetting that she was now about a thousand times as large as the Rabbit, and had no reason to be afraid of it.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 25 · B2
But here, to Alice’s great surprise, the Duchess’s voice died away, even in the middle of her favourite word ‘moral,’ and the arm that was linked into hers began to tremble.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 69 · B2

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