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Shivered

Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shivering.] [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD. scheveren. See Shiver a fragment.] To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.

All the ground With shivered armor strown.
--Milton.

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shivered

vb. (en-past of: shiver)

Usage examples of "shivered".

She shivered as it seared a path along nerve endings throughout her body and instinctively turned her face into the warm hollow created by the curve of his shoulder.

His voice was a low growl, rough with his passion, and she shivered in sensual reaction.

The water dripping from the trees onto the sidewalk and street was the only sound except for the clicking of her boots, and she shivered again but not from the cold this time.

She shivered, faintly alarmed by their posture, but too bemused by the emotional intimacy quivering between them to push him away.

The desert air was cold, and she shivered when it touched her heated skin, hut she welcomed the shock of it.

His lips found the slope of her throat and she shivered, her lashes falling to veil her eyes.

Abruptly she shivered, no longer protected by her anger, as the cooling night air finally penetrated her consciousness.

His tongue darted out and tasted her, and Susan shivered in blind delight, her fingers lacing into his hair and pressing him to her.

He held her at an emotional distance, and Sarah shivered, feeling cold all over again.

She looked at his hard, lean face and shivered at the thought of the mental toughness hidden behind his closed eyelids.

Part of her shivered in excitement at the thought of making love with him, but another part, more cautious, warned her not to let herself become that involved with him.

Finally she shivered convulsively, and her tongue met his as her arms crept up around his neck.

The cold pierced her coat, and she shivered as she turned the collar up around her ears.

She had kept her head high even when she was hungry, even when her dresses were threadbare and she shivered with cold, when her only pair of shoes had holes in the bottom.

She remembered how the Major had bragged for months about the real Southern lady coming to marry him, and shivered, thinking of how brutal the Major could be at times, when it seemed as if he enjoyed sex more if he could hurt her in some way.