quiver

• He had but started when he felt the man's whole body quiver, and he flopped himself over on his back, saying as he did so, "I'm done for." —  Bamboo Tales
• She saw His lips quiver, and motion'd the Duke to withdraw And leave them a moment together He eyed Them both with a wistful regard; turn'd and sigh'd And lifted the tent-door, and pass'd from the tent XXXV Like a furnace, the fervid, intense occident From its hot seething levels a great glare struck up On the sick metal sky. —  Lucile
• Go and tell Paton so, and I'm sure he'll forgive you A slight quiver was all that showed that Walter heard. —  St. Winifred's, or The World of School
• I do not want you to destroy yourself With that the soldier's chin began to quiver, and the tears trickled down his cheeks, and he said: 'Captain, you are the first man to speak a kind word to me in two years, and for your sake I will do it Give me your hand on that, my brave fellow,' said the captain. —  Chatterbox, 1906
• "And make it quiver--make it cry, father! —  Janice Day at Poketown

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