There are also four video screens, whether horizontal or vertical, that offer quivery views of such aerial phenomena as birds on a wire or a white streak across a blue sky.

“This one sounds good,” I said, trying to keep the quivery feeling inside out of my voice.

The synthesizer chords are frayed and quivery as her apologies tumble out — heartfelt but apparently too late.

I tried to smile back, but my lips felt quivery, so I got up and took our plates to the kitchen, wrapped foil around mine, and put it in the refrigerator for later.

In a little while it thickened into a smooth, quivery mass.