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# tremulous

adjective

«tremulous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Tremulous describes a voice or hand that shakes a little, from fear, cold or old age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremulous/#m1)

### In the lessons

a tremulous voice in a tale shows that a person is frightened or very old

### Examples

- Her tremulous voice showed she was scared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremulous/#x1)
- The old man gave a tremulous smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremulous/#x2)
- He spoke in a tremulous whisper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremulous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tremulous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tremulous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tremulous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tremulous.html) on Mova free.