tremulant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremulant
Adjective
  • Her big blue eyes are searching, concerned, tremulous and tearful.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The shifting surface of the water has a tremulous glamour.
    Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In general at the N4G summit, and in particular at a side event at the Brazilian embassy themed around food systems and climate change, discussions of climate change were timid about mentioning industrial livestock’s role in land-use change.
    Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Wu was seen as timid at the beginning of the migrant crisis, staying in the background while Healey seized a Roxbury community rec center as a migrant shelter.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Hundreds of timorous Timothée Chalamet lookalikes congregated in Washington Square Park.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Phillips has made a jukebox spectacle that’s bold in conception but oddly cautious, even timorous, in execution.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • When a deputy arrived, the victim was shaking and frightened, the complaint said.
    Dylan Gentile, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The next night, her sister Gwen said Selonia became frightened when a relative who was visiting Selonia spotted Jimmy Ray Barnes near her home.
    Vladimir Duthiers, Paul LaRosa, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • If you’re seated at a gate where the next flight doesn’t leave for six hours, don’t be afraid to post up and get comfy.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Give it up for the queen of not being afraid to reference or not reference (but mostly reference).
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • McCabe, who is in her 50s, has a chronic condition known as Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), and immediately became alarmed.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
  • My community is deeply alarmed at the rise of antisemitism on college campuses, city streets and online since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel.
    Ari Hart, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Tremulant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremulant. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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