How to Use tremor in a Sentence

tremor

noun
  • I heard a tremor in her voice.
  • His tremors were caused by the disease.
  • Small tremors were still being felt several days after the earthquake.
  • Her body shuddered in a wave of tremors.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Then came the draft, and a tremor passed out over the country.
    — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 5 June 2017
  • The man’s body shook with a wild tremor that nearly knocked him down again.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • More than half saw better control of their tremors.
    — Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • When hands move or are engaged, the tremor often lessens.
    — Adam Cohen, Oklahoman, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The one warning sign that hasn't come yet is something called tremors.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Those first tremors were their only warning.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Anna Grill didn't notice the slight tremor in her left pinky.
    — Danielle Campoamor, Woman's Day, 23 July 2020
  • Can your dog or cat predict an imminent tremor?
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
  • The agency reported that tremors may have been felt in parts of the city.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
  • If even the tiniest of tremors are present, they will be detected.
    — New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Their bodies are shaken by tremors and, in the worst cases, seizures.
    — Christopher Glazek, Esquire, 16 Oct. 2017
  • When earthquake tremors hit solid rock, the rock simply shakes.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The first symptom may be a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The new tremors were recorded just on the boundary of where the fault zone is located.
    — Agueda Pacheco-Flores, The Seattle Times, 22 Oct. 2018
  • The airburst arrived almost a minute and a half after the tremor.
    — Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The tremors of this story were wide-reaching and went far beyond football.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The job market may start feeling the tremors as tariffs persist.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Some propose seismic tremors sent waves that forced the deep water upward.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • There have been hundreds of aftershocks and tremors still shake the region.
    — Raja Abdulrahim Nicole Tung, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the animals suffer seizures and tremors, while others seem dazed.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Some of the animals suffer seizures and tremors, while others seem dazed.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The cabin crew had just served breakfast when Dzafran Azmir felt the first tremor.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Where the tremor shows up, and how severely, varies from person to person.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 7 May 2026
  • Not everyone sees the recent tremors as a turning point.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In Parkinson’s, tremors are most prominent at rest, like when hands sit in the lap.
    — Adam Cohen, Oklahoman, 24 Mar. 2026
  • One of her nephews had to drop out of architecture school because of his tremors.
    — Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025

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