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Recent Examples of quaver
And since Joan herself, with that quavering soprano, is a fierce customer, famous in her own right, she’s done with being treated like Dylan’s accessory.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The reflections of the icebergs quavered in the water, which was blue to the edge of purple.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Odysseus asks, his voice quavering, revealing his insecurity upon returning home after a 20-year absence.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
And so a Vivaldi aria erupts on the soundtrack, and before long Jon opens his mouth and begins to sing, in a lovely, quavering falsetto.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
Johnson read from the Book of James, 2:14, her voice quavering a bit before the crowd.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Her voice quavered recalling women who killed themselves after G.I.s who had taken them as common-law wives subsequently abandoned them and their children.
—Choe Sang-Hun Jean Chung, New York Times, 2 May 2023
Staticky street sounds from Shuliavka, a neighborhood that endured artillery strikes in the war’s first hours, commingle with quavering loops of electronic vibrations.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
Occasionally his voice quavered but mostly Affleck spoke earnestly and straightforwardly.
—Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2020
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
The reflections of the icebergs quavered in the water, which was blue to the edge of purple.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Odysseus asks, his voice quavering, revealing his insecurity upon returning home after a 20-year absence.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Sep. 2024
And so a Vivaldi aria erupts on the soundtrack, and before long Jon opens his mouth and begins to sing, in a lovely, quavering falsetto.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
Johnson read from the Book of James, 2:14, her voice quavering a bit before the crowd.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Her voice quavered recalling women who killed themselves after G.I.s who had taken them as common-law wives subsequently abandoned them and their children.
—Choe Sang-Hun Jean Chung, New York Times, 2 May 2023
Staticky street sounds from Shuliavka, a neighborhood that endured artillery strikes in the war’s first hours, commingle with quavering loops of electronic vibrations.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
Occasionally his voice quavered but mostly Affleck spoke earnestly and straightforwardly.
—Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2020
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“Quaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quaver. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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