How do you use the word "quiver" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "quiver": In mathematics, a quiver is a directed graph. The quiver was red.

Quiver Meaning

/ˈkwɪvə/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.

nounA ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.

Sentence Examples

In mathematics, a quiver is a directed graph.

The quiver was red.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

beat quake thrill

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The small dog suddenly began to ____ with fear when it heard the thunder.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She felt a ____ of excitement run through her as she opened the envelope containing the results.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (source of Dutch koker, and cognate to Old English cocer (“quiver, case”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kokar (“container”), said to be from Hunnic, possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”); see there for more. Replaced early modern cocker, the inherited reflex of that West Germanic word. The mathematical sense originated as German Köcher in a 1972 paper by Pierre Gabriel; it was likely chosen because a quiver contains arrows, while a digraph contains directed edges (also called "arrows").

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly." — 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 271:

"Arrows were carried in quiver, called also an arrow case, which served for the magazine, arrows for immediate use were worn in the girdle." — 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 39:

"[...] there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in." — c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 281:

"The birds chaunt melodie on euerie buſh, The ſnakes^([sic – meaning ſnake]) lies rolled in the chearefull ſunne, The greene leaues quiuer with the cooling winde, And make a checkerd ſhadow on the ground: [...]" — c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], line 12:

"And left the limbs still quivering on the ground." — 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 47:

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