She opened the letter with tremulous hands. He spoke with a tremulous voice.

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But amidst these bolder insistences comes a tremulous query, repeated with a slight, gentle halter. Rachelvoronacote, Longreads, "Carly Rae Jepsen’s Exhilarating, Emotionally Intelligent Pop Music," 10 Aug. 2020

So could Trump’s hesitant gait and tremulous water-sipping indicate a neurological disorder? Adam Rogers, Wired, "No, You Don't Need to See President Trump's Medical Records," 19 June 2020

Their tremulous, tentative courtship leads to a disaster of a wedding night. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, "Home theater: From ‘Brooklyn’ to ‘Little Women,’ settle in with Saoirse Ronan," 6 May 2020

There is a tonal ambiguity to the bumptious romantic pursuit that follows, a surprisingly tremulous and fragile air, which may be what dismayed critics who were expecting a more conventional drama. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "Revisiting “Moment by Moment,” Lily Tomlin and John Travolta’s Wrongly Despised 1978 Melodrama," 9 Sep. 2019

Youmans films his characters’ landscape with an eye that’s both rapturous and tremulous, frankly confrontational and tensely terrified. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "What to Stream This Weekend: “Burning Cane”," 9 Nov. 2019

Hayward—a principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet, in London—brings a tremulous spontaneity and fragile wonder to the role of Victoria. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "“Cats” Could Have Been a Contender," 27 Dec. 2019

As the music shifted into passages of velvety richness and tremulous sonorities, Mr. Nézet-Séguin drew out Impressionist colorings and harmonic pungencies. New York Times, "Yannick Nézet-Séguin Leads a Revelatory ‘Turandot’," 4 Oct. 2019

His vocalizations match his acting, from an almost rock style at the start of Valjean’s journey to the tremulous sound of its conclusion. Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, "‘Les Miserables’: A beautiful message, beautifully told | Review," 23 Oct. 2019

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