Word of the Day: tremulous
This word has appeared in 11 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
tremulous \ ˈtrem-yə-ləs \ adjective
1. (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
2. acting timid due to nervousness or fear
3. easily shaken because of sensitivity
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The word tremulous has appeared in 11 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including
out of the classroom window. The novel was Dahl’s righteous payback for his own British boarding school education where the instructors freely beat the students and slipped slivers of soap into boys’ mouths at night if they snored.
… “Discipline! Discipline! For children who aren’t listening!” Trunchbull croons into a bullhorn while forcing her charges through a muddy obstacle course littered with barbed wire and explosives. The only moments of cross-generational kindness come from one teacher (Lashana Lynch), who is too tremulous to stand up to her boss, and from a traveling librarian (Sindhu Vee), who allows Matilda to spin fictions instead of entrusting her with her fears.