trembled
past simple and past participle oftremble
tremble
verb[I]
uk/ˈtrem.bəl/us/ˈtrem.bəl/B2
toshakeslightlyin a way that you cannotcontrol, forexamplebecause you arefrightened,angry, orexcited, or because ofillness:
I was tremblingwithfear,panickingthat I had not made therightdecision.
At hersideMichael trembleduncontrollably. He was sodistraughthe could notspeak.
I couldseethem coming for me. I was already tremblinginanticipationwhen theygrabbedme.
Herbottomliptrembled, andtearswelledup in hereyes.
Hisvoicestartedto tremble, and Ithoughthe was going tocry.
of thegroundor anobject, toshakeslightly:
Thepairremainedcalmas theearthtrembled beneaththeirfeet.
I couldtellthewindwasrising- theleaveswere trembling on thetrees.
Synonyms
shake(MOVE)
shiver
vibrate
- I was trembling as Ienteredtheroom.
- Ifeltdizzyand mylegswere trembling.
- Hisvoicetrembled withemotionas he gave hisspeech.
- He wasthrowndown as thegroundtrembled.
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- brandish
- flap
- flourish
- fluffsomethingup
- jitter
- joggle
- pulse
- shakiness
- shimmy
- stir
- stirsomethingup
- sway
- sweep
- teeter
- thrashing
- wag
- wobble
- wobbler
- wobbly
- worry atsomething
Idiom
tremble to think
Examplesoftrembled
trembled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Hetrembledas with anger, his color that of a living man.
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Everything had lips on which it alwaystrembled.
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While they were in chains andtrembledand were humbled we stood firm behind our leaders.
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She listened andtrembleduncontrollably to him being given five life sentences.
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In recent years, whenever there has been a summit on the skyline, the farmers havetrembledat what may come out of it.
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Governmentstrembledat the thought that the reasoning that had led to decisions on interest rates should be known to a wider public.
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What he said was this, that hetrembledfor the virtue of those who are going to succeed us.
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I believe that, on occasions, people who have seen its chairman coming havetrembled.
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We very nearly saw it, and wetrembledto think what might have happened if it had materialised en the part of the enemy.
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Concerned human beings around the world havetrembledas they switched to the broadcasts of the past few days.
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Hetrembled, fumbled and lost his way.
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He had created a power which he had not the reason or the power to control, and hetrembledto think of what the future might possibly be.
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They were also used to harass enemy flanks, and sometimes outflank enemies, and most armiestrembledat the site of a chariot force.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.My voicetrembledand my hands clenched themselves into fists.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hetrembledupon seeing the princess's beauty and fell on his knees before her.
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