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Example sentences for "little shiver"

  • Ailsa's face had become very pale while he was speaking, and as he paused she gave a little shiver.

  • Last night he wanted to arrest me for murder, Miss Lorne," and she gave a little shiver so obviously artificial that Cleek glanced at her quickly through half-narrowed lids.

  • I never thought of there being any trick," she said with a little shiver.

  • I--I never want to live through another one like it," she said with a little shiver, then suddenly rose to go.

  • Goodness," said Betty, with a little shiver.

  • Just think what a dreadful time Joel had out there on the pond," and she gave a little shiver.

  • She won't speak to me," said Polly, with a little shiver, and covering her eyes.

  • She gave a little shiver, but held on firmly to the tattered ends.

  • Then Appleby who flung the flag from him, turned and glanced along the veranda with a little shiver.

  • Nettie turned with a little shiver, and looked down into the patio.

  • Tony stared at her, and once more the girl felt a little shiver of apprehension when she saw his face, but in a moment he recovered himself.

  • Then he stood up with a little shiver, his torn garments clinging about him wet with the dew, and became vaguely conscious that he was very uncomfortable.

  • The man's mind leapt to his goal, and a little shiver of prospective joy ran over him.

  • But Miss Benham gave a little shiver of disgust.

  • He tried to imagine himself in Hartley's place, Hartley in his; and he gave a little shiver.

  • He was with another man," he said, with a little shiver.

  • It will come soon enough," she said, with a little shiver.

  • He heard of the days of her poverty with a little shiver.

  • I hope they will have fires," with a little shiver.

  • Marjorie sprang up and shook herself, with a little shiver.

  • I suppose he came awfully near"--Marjorie paused, with a little shiver.

  • With a little shiver of cold and loneliness, he stepped across the room to close the door, and stood still, to gaze in astonishment at the sight before him.

  • Then she drew back from the window and sat down, with a little shiver as the harsh voice of the auctioneer rose from the clearing.

  • Alton turned with a little shiver, strode back to the fire, unrolled a piece of pork, a packet of green tea, and a little bag of sugar from a strip of hide.

  • Guessing what the action meant, Alice Deringham shrank back with a little shiver, and her father appeared to grasp the man's shoulder.

  • He tried to imagine himself in Hartley's place, Hartley in his, and he gave a little shiver.

  • The man's mind leaped to his goal, and a little shiver of prospective joy ran over him.

  • Aunt Juley sighed, and a lock of not quite her own hair came loose and straggled, so that Aunt Hester gave a little shiver.

  • With a little shiver, Gyp said: "I hope not.

  • She dropped the letter, gave a little shiver, smiled, and said: "Dirrty!

  • The girl interrupted herself with a little shiver, but Carlita neither shrank from the word nor moved.

  • Carlita with a little shiver, her voice heavy and dry and expressionless.

  • Soon, I hope," she answered, but with a little shiver.

  • I guessed this," Wilmore admitted, with a little shiver which he was wholly unable to repress.

  • You were very young," he reminded her, with a little shiver, "and very inexperienced.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little shiver" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    little basket; little blue; little boy; little brother; little church; little comfort; little conversation; little difficult; little earlier; little faith; little forward; little hard; little lake; little like; little lime; little longer; little lower; little mistress; little money; little ones; little part; little river; little sign; little small; little song; little town