shivered

past tense of shiver

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shivered
Verb
  • Women often lose income, take on the bulk of caregiving, and carry the invisible labor of rebuilding a life, while men complain of the long-tail financial consequences of alimony, support payments, and assets split down the middle.
    Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The use cases split almost equally between personal and business needs, with roughly half spanning both.
    Marc Zao-Sanders, Harvard Business Review, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The report also outlined recommendations for healing communities wracked by the social ills wrought by the schools, for revitalizing language and cultural support, for reunifying families, for reforms in tribal community education and for steps to reduce violence in tribal communities.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The parents are wracked with grief, and under the mistaken impression that Ruby brought tremendous joy into their son’s life, while the girlfriend knows the truth but can’t say anything about it in this fraught context.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Richard Arnold, the chief executive whose departure had already been announced, went round the room and shook everyone’s hand, expressing his belief the future at United would be bright.
    Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The camera then cut to Johansson, who shook her head while grimacing.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In the first incident, a tornado completely destroyed the building.
    Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Nearly 300 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Oklahoma due to fire.
    TIME, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The venture devised by stars Tiger Woods and Rory Mcilroy was intended to launch a year ago but a storm wrecked the building.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Knee and shoulder injuries wrecked her 2024 season, with the Tunisian speaking about needing regular knee injections to be able to play following a third-round defeat to Elina Svitolina at Wimbledon in July.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • And then in Joker 2, some people complained that the movie was ruined by the images on the screen and the sounds that accompanied them.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Believing their beloved team already ruined mock drafting for the next two months, New York Giants fans probably hope for a loss against a Philadelphia Eagles team expected to rest starters Sunday.
    Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • At the Indiana State Police Laboratory, scientists cut out sections of bone, froze them with liquid nitrogen and pulverized them into a fine powder.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • On the city’s main shopping street, businesses that once bustled in the holiday season have been pulverized, and some of those that remain have been blackened by fire.
    Euan Ward, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The cuts also decimated many of the agency's top recruits, enlisted through a program known as the Cyber Talent Management System, plus analysts with top-secret security clearances.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The outbreak also decimated local reindeer populations, with over 2,300 animals succumbing to the disease.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Shivered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shivered. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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