Definition of "quavering" []

• Present participle of quaver. (verb)

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• "I told him my desires humbly, in quavering syllables."
• "And in quavering falsetto, with the customary broken-notes, the old man sang."
• "Such a charivari as ensued, for just as my tugs at the alarm-bell began to take effect, the clock struck twelve, and the waits set up outside my window in quavering tones, with their teeth chattering from the cold, an old-fashioned lilt."