Read full poem →Th' inferior Priestess, at her altar's side,
Trembling begins the sacred rites of Pride.
Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here
Dictionary Entry
To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
In a Sentence
“Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. tremblinghand tremblinghands tremblingvoice tremblingfingers tremblingtrembling voice
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Poetry examples for “trembling”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Thou, mean deserter of thy brother's blood!
See on these ruby lips the trembling breath,
These cheeks, now fading at the blast of death;
Read full poem →A soldier now, he with his sword appears;
A fisher next, his trembling angle bears:
Each shape he varies, and each art he tries,
Read full poem →Upon the tree I cast a frightful look;
The trembling tree with sudden horror shook. 30
Lotis the nymph (if rural tales be true)
Read full poem →Exulting in triumph now swell the bold notes,
In broken air, trembling, the wild music floats;
Till, by degrees, remote and small,
Read full poem →Quit, oh quit this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying,
Oh the pain, the bliss of dying!
Read full poem →The inferior priestess, at her altar's side,
Trembling, begins the sacred rites of pride.
Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here
Read full poem →When you come, it brims
Red and trembling with blood,
Heart's blood for your drinking;
Read full poem →and the velvet counterpane half slips from her, and alarms
her trembling modesty, how eagerly he will leap to cover her, and blot himself
beneath the quilt, making her laugh and tremble.
Read full poem →I see it as music, I hear it as light;
Prismatic and shimmering, trembling to tone,
The land of desire, my soul's delight.