But, when it has mattered, Littler plucked precision from the quiver.

In Reno, about 50 miles northwest of the quake’s epicenter, someone at KTVN-TV captured a video of the star on the newsroom’s Christmas tree still quivering — barely — as staffers scrambled to cover the earthquake.

“A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results,” Harris said, her voice quivering.

The vice president has learned a lot from her boss but brings her own well-stocked quiver of global ideas.

Dortmund preyed on Celtic's naivety and rendered them quivering wrecks inside half an hour.