Collocations for "shudder"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shudder" in context.
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shudder
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a shudder of [horror, fear, pleasure, revulsion]
- the [elevator, plane, rollercoaster] rose with a shudder
- heard a shudder from [underneath, below]
- a shudder [streaked, ran, went, bolted] through his body
- felt a shudder [down, up, through] my spine
- [thought, walked, tiptoed] with a shudder
- a shudder [rose, erupted] inside me
- gave me the shudders when I [read, heard, found out] about
- enough to give anyone the shudders
- sent shudders through the [market, stock exchange]
- shudder with [fear, pleasure, horror]
- shudder in [fear]
- I shudder to [think, imagine, mention]
- shudder at the [thought, idea, sight]
- shudder [convulsively, violently, uncontrollably]
- the [car, engine, train] shuddered
- the [window, wall, house] was shuddering
'shudder' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):