Stanley Kubrick

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.

American Director

Roland Barthes

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.

French Critic

Albert Schweitzer

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.

German Theologian

Thomas Jefferson

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

American President

Lajos Kossuth

The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.

Hungarian Lawyer

Judith Malina

Tremble: your whole life is a rehearsal for the moment you are in now.

American Actress

Andre Maurois

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

French Writer

Andre Gide

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

French Novelist

Emil Cioran

No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.

Romanian Philosopher

Khalil Gibran

Lebanese Poet

Tremble expresses a visible sign of strong emotions, such as fear or excitement.

Emotional Indicator

Tremble is involuntary, showing physical reactions that one cannot control.

Physical Reaction

'Tremble' can describe a range of severity, from a slight quiver to a more pronounced shake.

Intensity Variation

Tremble is often used to describe natural occurrences like earthquakes or heavy vibrations.

Physical Phenomena

The word suggests a response to a powerful force, indicating the impact's intensity.

Strength of Impact

Tremble can signify varying levels of shaking in response to different external pressures.

Intensity Levels

Tremble can express anxiety about an expected or potential event, not just immediate fear.

Preemptive Fear

'Tremble' can indicate internal feelings without any visible shaking happening.

Inner Feelings

Sometimes, 'tremble' is used to exaggerate emotions, rather than a real physical reaction.

Not Just Literal

 with her lower lip trembling. The little boy next to her watched this happen, then turned to his box and burst into tears without even touching it. Meanwhile, another little girl tried everything she could think of until she slid the red button, the cute doggie popped out, and she squealed with delight.

How to practice...

 Then he looked at me, our eyes locked, and then it happened. His lower lip started to tremble and his tiny eyes started to fill with tears. Then he burst out in tears running towards me, and it was glorious. I'll never forget that moment. He let me give him a big hug to help him calm down,

What kids can teach...

 He lamented his underage drinking charge. As he stood before me reading his essay, his voice cracking and his hands trembling, he said that he worried that he had become an alcoholic like his mom, who had died a couple of months prior due to alcohol-related liver disease.

How judges can show...

 She was reluctant at first. She smiled innocently and said no. But deep down, I was sure she wanted to give it a try. With a little bit of perseverance and a lot of effort, we managed to write her name. Her hands were trembling, and her face was beaming with pride.

How education helped me...

 The next day I rejoiced with trembling. My happiness was so great that I said I wanted to die. This world had no place in my affections. Previous to this time, I was very selfish and self-righteous. But now I desired the welfare of all mankind

Jonathan Haidt:...

 but it is not his legacy which echoes through the centuries. Thousands of years later, the name of the slave who made the world’s mightiest empire tremble has become synonymous with freedom– and the courage to fight for it.

From enslavement to...

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Different ways of...

 Sometimes, she said, a late-term fetus would survive an abortion, and she would kill the baby after delivering it. She remembered how her hands would tremble as she did the work.

What it was like to grow...

 not the word, the picture. The overlong ears, the overlarge feet, helps us to picture, to feel intuitively, what it means to limp and to tremble. So in these few minutes,

 - The ground begins to tremble. - Three. - Massive engines roar to life. - Two. - Billowing clouds of exhaust. - One.