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How to use quaver in a sentence

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He had that same erudite quaver that suggested madness or brilliance and probably both.
His voice softens and opens up, threading a tremulous quaver through its easy melody.
Lamontagne's voice is strong but with a quaver and a dry, rasping quality that hints at an inside breakability.
Andrew Shore's Don Alfonso, in spite of a quaver in his voice, was expert and satisfying.
It's a mark of the return of confidence that no one said this with a quaver in their voice or a God-Willing shrug.
Thomas' voice accepted the reference to his illness without a quaver, and he shrugged.
He was using his acting ability to sound confident and fearless, but I heard his voice quaver in spite of himself.
The oaf wouldn't know the difference between a crotchet, a quaver, and a bash in the chops with a bassoon.
She was a bit taken aback to hear the slight quaver in her father's voice as he replied.
Her voice was low, near to a whisper so as to ensure that nobody would notice the quaver in her voice were they not looking for it.
Strings swirl, melodies are caressed by her velvety vocal quaver, and the songs are simple in their expression of the feel-good sentiment.
Even in his younger days, the inimitable strength and fortitude in his voice was mixed with the occasional moment of weakness, the odd quaver and show of vulnerability.
Imagine a quaver ticking along at a certain speed, which then becomes the crotchet or the minim of the new tempo.
His soft, slow plainsman's drawl held just the slightest quaver of emotion.
The writing is confined in a very depressed style with its staccato quaver repetitions and arpeggios from beyond the grave.
Following the massive second song, Hecker calms thing down with some shorter minimal sketches, but they have the same seasick quaver as what came before.
Brian's eyes were red and swollen, and his voice had a quaver.
First, the wolf's cry held a quaver that said he was getting on in years.
I tried to make the question light, but I felt my voice quaver.
Certain cadences strongly recall, among others, Robert de Visée, such as the beginning of the following Sarabande which uses the dotted quaver formula rather than equal crotchets or quavers.
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Examples from Classical Literature
From somewhere on the distant hillside came the sweet, shrill quaver of a reed instrument.
Lesbia set to work to try and explain the functions of a minim, a crotchet, and a quaver.
He began shivering at this again, and his voice sank into a piteous quaver.
Mr. quaver led, and the choir followed like sheep, all in their own way and fashion.
There was a quaver in her voice, and she let the sentence end itself there.
Mrs. Bolans that raptured she does nothin but quaver about wid her shaky old vice.
By not a single quaver was the cheeriness of his snatchy, racy, merry voice affected.
But the aged Chetonquin muttered to herself in a tuneless quaver, and shook her head doubtingly.
In his voice was an old quaver which was not habitual and there was agitation in every line of his visage.
She stopped, for fear of breaking into a quaver, and smiled brightly.
Mr. quaver and the old members opposed it, but they were voted down.
Mr. quaver nudged her to try another verse, but she shook her head.
Tonet did not quaver at the stare of execration his brother gave him.
Someone was singing, a dull, old, droning sailor's song, with a droop and a quaver at the end of every verse, and seemingly no end to it at all but the patience of the singer.
But Robin's voice did not quaver forth weakly, as formerly, and his figure had stiffened bolt upright beneath the black robe that covered his rags.
Miss Quaver, with her staccato notes and semi-professional minauderies, is not exactly a queen of song.
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