quavery

• “Bits of memory came, shadow shapes that took focus: the trilithons, the worlds we had seen, Kenleth standing with Derek and Lupe in the crawler, blinking at his tears and calling his quavery farewell.”

  Analog Science Fiction and Fact

• “A quavery voice comes from down the block, a convict bitching about nothing in particular.”

  Simon & Schuster: Miracles, Inc.

• “It would be good to set the mizzen-topgallant," I heard Captain West mutter in a weak, quavery voice.”

  CHAPTER XXXVIII

• “Her voice got quavery, and for a moment, I thought she might be about to cry.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Dark Side of Innocence

• “It seeks to draw yet another quavery line under scandal.”

  The Guardian: That settles it for libel law reform. Thanks, Mr Murdoch

• “Her breathing had turned quavery, and a red blotch had popped out on her neck.”

  Fictionaut: When I Became a White Girl

• ““Hello, my boy,” the former headmaster said in his quavery old-man voice, looking up from some test tubes.”

  Simon & Schuster: #33 Killer Connections

• “Hey there, good shootin' Dick," came a quavery voice from behind him.”

  Cheney's Got a Gun

• “Jane then began to sing in an offkey and quavery voice:”

  Fictionaut: The Body Ricardo

• “Ben Bernanke is so mild, his voice is gentle and sometimes quavery.”

  Newsweek: Paulson’s Complaint

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