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Example sentences for "tremour"

Lexicographically close words:
tremenjus; tremens; tremolo; tremor; tremors; trempe; tremulous; tremulously; tremulousness; tren
  1. Tis one of the Ratcliffes of Wildwater," she said, with the same passionate tremour in her voice that Nanny Witherlee had heard last night up in the belfry-tower.

  2. Wakefulness and tremour are alike symptoms of diminished vitality; and the agent which removes them is not to be called, as Mr. Parton in his mediaeval language calls it, "hostile to the vital principle.

  3. The muscular tremour of narcosis is unmistakable, and a depressed or fluttering pulse is easily detected.

  4. Yet even here its familiar influence in stilling nervous tremour and allaying nocturnal wakefulness is good testimony to its essentially beneficent character.

  5. Along with the muscular tremour of the stomach, much more acute than that of ordinary nausea, it was observed that the pulse, normally strong and regular at 80, had been reduced to 69, and was feeble and flickering.

  6. It was cold and he felt a tremour run through her body at his touch.

  7. He felt it most keenly of all when she was silent, read it in the tremour of her mouth, the shadowy tenderness of her eyes, the low, deep tones of her voice.

  8. Yes, I remember the words, I remember the tremour in the kind voice and the mist of unshed tears through which he looked at me.

  9. But there at home, with the boy's eyes fixed on mine, with the tremour of his voice telling me how much he cared, I couldn't listen.

  10. But they will want a doctor," she said, with a little tremour in her voice.

  11. Of course," she said, and there was a tremour in her voice.

  12. The first time I felt an earthquake, I took it to be the approach of a heavy carriage; but by the increased, rumbling and tremour of the earth, was quickly undeceived.

  13. There were twenty-one distinct shocks felt between twelve at night and five in the morning, but the earth continued in a tremour for twenty-four hours afterwards.

  14. She put her hand on his coat sleeve; he could feel the tremour of it as she pulled, unconsciously, on the cloth.

  15. And only a man trained as Hastings was to keenness of observation would have seen the slight but incessant tremour of her fingers and the constant, convulsive play of the muscles under the light covering of her black silk slippers.

  16. She betrayed her agitation only in the fine tremour in her hands and a certain slowness in her words.

  17. A tremour came into her voice, and a slight blush into her cheeks, as she added: "Your son is one of those remarkable men who are willing to die for the suffering people.

  18. She lived in retirement on one of her estates in another province, in a constant tremour of fear and compunction.

  19. Ramananda Ray went to inform King Pratap Rudra, who hastened thither in joy and repeatedly prostrated himself at the Master's feet in ecstasy, and prayed to Him with tremour and tears.

  20. The people marvelled as they gazed at His golden hue, His crimson robe, and His tears of delight, His tremour and perspiration, which set off His beauty.

  21. Frequent tremour burst over His body, making it look like the shimul tree, now it was quivering and now it stiffened.

  22. She had felt an envious tremour then, and now all at once the old foolish dream was to be fulfilled at Leo's side.

  23. She continued kneeling, or rather prostrating herself there, motionless, save for the convulsive tremour which now, and again shook her tall frame, as if she were suppressing a secret sob.

  24. A slight, irregular tremour told him that there was still life in the body.

  25. And she told him of the monstrous deception she was practising, and her fear of discovery--and the sweet, impatient tremour for which there could be no image or name.

  26. His voice did not quiver, but a tremour ran through his arm, which grazed hers.

  27. When he came up the steps leading to the porch in front of the house, she slipped behind the curtain, and in a joyous tremour caught the shamed, sidelong glance he sent her.

  28. The Wyandotte's countenance was still smiling, but I thought the smile had stiffened and become fixed, though not a tremour moved him.

  29. And there was neither in his voice nor on his features the slightest tremour that we could discover in the fading light of the afterglow.

  30. She was quiet and very pale while I was speaking, and at moments her grey eyes widened with the unearthly horror of the thing; but never a tremour touched her, nor did lid or lips quiver or her gaze falter.

  31. Mr. Sutton noted the growing tremour of the hands which held the paper--he could hear it rustle.

  32. But not a quiver of the voice, not a tremour of the shoulders, betrayed what she was feeling, what she suffered, how fiercely the brand was burning into her soul.

  33. A nervous tremour passed over the maiden's body; she heaved a sigh, and opened her lips.

  34. It is only for a moment," he replied, glad to hear that sudden tremour in her voice.

  35. But she raised the hood that hid her brow and gave him a glance from dark blue eyes that a second time brought to Prescott that strange tremour at once a cause of surprise and anger.

  36. Make the people believe that the faint tremour in their great engine is a menace to its function?

  37. It was true that Hilma had felt a faint tremour of seasickness on the ferry-boat coming from the city to the Oakland mole.

  38. The eyes of Gertrude sunk to the floor, and her lips quivered, partly in a tremour she could not control and perhaps in part through an emotion that she found inexplicable to herself.

  39. The eyes of the worthy and kind-hearted widow were filled with tears as she ended; and there was a touch of nature, in the tremour of her voice, that produced a sympathetic feeling in all who heard her words.

  40. Gertrude had answered in his own vein; but it was too evident, by her pale cheek, and a slight tremour about her full, rich lip, that memory was also busy with its frightful images.

  41. Dollops broke the silence that fell, a tremour of excitement in his low-pitched voice.

  42. Under such light badinage did West try to conceal his real feeling but there was a tremour of the lips that spoke so banteringly.

  43. As he spoke he revealed the agitation that his flippant words had tried to cloak--by a scarcely perceptible tremour of the hand that drummed the table, a harder note in his voice, and the biting of his moustache.


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