The terrible scene sent shivers down his spine.
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Shivers
Synonyms for "shivers" (62 found)
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The sum of the ignorance of the Republican candidates in the primaries for the U.S. presidential election is simply mind-boggling: one is afraid that China will obtain nuclear weapons, which they have had for 44 years, and the other proposes to close the U.S. embassy in Iran, which has been closed for 32 years... Such stupidity at the head of the world's most powerful country gives one the shivers!
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It gives me the shivers.
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Cold shivers run down my spine.
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