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On April 25, 2006, the tremor triggered a rockfall inside a gold mine, and three of the 17 miners were unable to escape.

A rare tremor struck near D.C. on Tuesday, with tremors reportedly felt as far away as New York and Boston.

The current global paroxysm is intense and alarming, but it is a tremor not an earthquake.

Within the building the tremor was terrible, and the lights started to fall.

Just before the deadly tremor struck, Kan appeared on the verge of resigning.

The very first chords which Mademoiselle Reisz struck upon the piano sent a keen tremor down Mrs. Pontellier's spinal column.

"I am not Lady Macbeth," said Isabel, with a tremor in her own voice, as she entered and blew out the candle.

The prompt question explained to me why I had started, and I waited with just a tremor of excitement for the reply.

He caught another wave of her excitement, and a second tremor, more marked than the first, accompanied it.

Shorthouse was conscious of the slightest possible tremor down his back.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tremor, such as: earthquake, shiver, upheaval, vibration, agitation, and flutter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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