Definition of Tremble

Tremble

To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal.

To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing.

To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.

An involuntary shaking or quivering.

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Tremble Quotations

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
Thomas Jefferson

If God is just, I tremble for my country.
Thomas Jefferson

Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!
Karl Marx

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.
Robert E. Lee

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.
Lauren Bacall

The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory.
Evita Peron

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.
James K. Polk

The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to make me tremble.
Joseph Rotblat

The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
Lajos Kossuth

I have to confess that there have been some times when I was less than glad to be a minister, and some Sundays still when I tremble under the weight of trying to speak a word for God.
James Green Somerville

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.
Vittorio Alfieri

When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble.
John C. Ransom

It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.
Zahi Hawass

Tremble: your whole life is a rehearsal for the moment you are in now.
Judith Malina

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Tremble Translations

tremble in Danish is ryste
tremble in Dutch is rillen, huiveren, beven, bibberen
tremble in Finnish is vavista
tremble in French is tremblons, trembler, tremblez, tremblent
tremble in German is zittern, zittern, bange
tremble in Latin is palpito
tremble in Portuguese is trema
tremble in Spanish is temblar, temblor

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