as in shaking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the glasses and knickknacks on the shelves vibrated during the slight earthquake
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Recent Examples of vibrating
Electrons vibrating in some container.
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Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The vibrating phone on the nightstand rattled again, pulling her fully awake.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Quiet weeping, dropped jaws, fervent applause and the occasional attendee literally vibrating with excitement.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
But that he – along with fellow Pittsburgher Wiz Khalifa and country star Kane Brown – has been tapped to perform during the 2026 NFL Draft in his hometown has the gregarious rocker vibrating with glee.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Stop doing the vibrating Vegas lights, bro.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
String theory argues that the fundamental particles that make up matter are themselves made of vibrating strings of energy.
—Zachary Slepian, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Noise colors can be high-pitched (rapidly vibrating) sounds, low-pitched (slowly vibrating) sounds, or a combination.
—Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Other researchers soon realized that his formula, now known as the Veneziano amplitude, implied that hadrons aren’t particles, but vibrating strings.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
The vibrating phone on the nightstand rattled again, pulling her fully awake.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Quiet weeping, dropped jaws, fervent applause and the occasional attendee literally vibrating with excitement.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
But that he – along with fellow Pittsburgher Wiz Khalifa and country star Kane Brown – has been tapped to perform during the 2026 NFL Draft in his hometown has the gregarious rocker vibrating with glee.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Stop doing the vibrating Vegas lights, bro.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
String theory argues that the fundamental particles that make up matter are themselves made of vibrating strings of energy.
—Zachary Slepian, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Noise colors can be high-pitched (rapidly vibrating) sounds, low-pitched (slowly vibrating) sounds, or a combination.
—Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Other researchers soon realized that his formula, now known as the Veneziano amplitude, implied that hadrons aren’t particles, but vibrating strings.
—Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vibrating
Verb
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On Thursday night, after shaking off a deal that was short-circuited by another team, the Ravens would make a pick (Penn State guard Vega Ioane) that symbolically spoke to the franchise’s core values.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Backstage, everyone was crying and shaking, Pearlman says.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Tony Fauci was not just jerking the country around.—
David Blumenthal,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
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The clip on TikTok shows the seat jerking abruptly, apparently from forceful pushes by the person seated behind her.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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That all came to a shuddering halt after Khashoggi’s death.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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Sat shuddering in my seat as the lights drew down.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In the 1970s, James Lovelock proposed that the biosphere was not just green scruff quivering on Earth's surface.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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The child had jumped at the sting, her bottom lip quivering.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Vibrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vibrating. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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