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UK
/ʃˈɪvəɹi/
]
ADJECTIVE
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cold enough to cause shivers
felt all shivery
shivery weather -
provoking fear terror
the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge
a scary movie
How To Use shivery In A Sentence
- Ignoring the shivery thrill that raced down her spine, she hurriedly obeyed. ON A WICKED DAWN
- felt all shivery
- A black dark shivery morning, and Mr Pronsias Reilly was well pleased that Mrs O'Rourke had dressed fast and without complaint. FIELD OF BLOOD
- Max was not up in matters pertaining to ghosts in general, and could only make a guess at emitting the proper kind of sound; but really it did seem quite "shivery," even to the boy responsible for making it. The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island
- Sometimes things were so pretty, she got all shivery inside. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
- He went to bed saying he felt cold and shivery and he awoke at 5am the following day coughing up blood.
- Here is a new series of mystery stories for girls by an author who knows the kind of stories every girl wants to read -- mystery of the "shivery" sort, adventure that makes the nerves tingle, clever "detecting" and a new lovable heroine, Judy Bolton, whom all girls will take to their hearts at once. Marjorie's Busy Days
- Kids in bathing suits were walking along the sidewalk in that shivery way you walk after getting out of a swimming pool.
- It sent a sympathetic, shivery rush from my spine to the backs of my knees.
- In the shivery gray of mountain dawn, Stubener was routed from his blankets by old Pat. Chapter II