Definition of "atremble" [atremble]

• Being in a state of shaking or trembling, as from fear or excitement. (adjective)

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• "In thousands of schools, tens of thousands of children jumped as one to the fruity voice of the announcer, setting the kingdom all atremble, the calisthenics and marching done, out of time, to the tune of “The Grand Old Duke of York.”"
• "Fred exclaimed, his whiskers atremble with anxiety."
• "At the ZimRights Association on Fourth Street, they'd never heard of the case, and were so atremble at a visit from a foreign journalist that I'm not sure they would have said if they did know."