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Here's a jelly or a mousse or something--it's all creamy and quivery, anyway, and we haven't any spoons I asked you--" began Jane reproachfully Yes, I know you did, but Mother never mentioned a jelly and I thought spoons would make a noise Well, we'll have to have some," said Nancy practically Uggledy wuggledy doo Judith felt in her bones she was going to be it_.

—Judy of York Hill

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And then that quivery Kate Bush song, "This Woman's Work," came on in my head, and I was pissed. — AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Instead, Lang sets his forces in quivery, almost hostile juxtaposition; all they can agree on is the recurring downbeat. — aworks :: "new" american classical music
Labels: jezebel, megan carpentier, men who couldn't get laid if their life depended on it, not surprised dennis prager is twice divorced, quivery sacks of childlike frailties, things that scar our souls — The DCeiver
He was all talking in that quivery old man voice of his about how he is with me 100\% and Mrs. Palin is a huge c-word and a trawlp. — Something Awful
Unable to make sense of why bad things happen to good people who happen to be bad singers, Darnell's rendition of Boyz II Men's "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye" suffered as a result, each quivery-lipped, tone-deaf note only serving to further underscore the pain of a forced separation from his bromantic Idol journey-partner. — Gawker: Defamer

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