Word: shiver
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...without a shiver of amazement that we view the coup; it has been coming slowly for a long while, we now see, but its indubitable arrival is nevertheless startling. No more the after-dinner retreat of the men into the salon to smoke; no more the demure gathering of ladies in the upstairs parlor. Egalite has forever blurred the old elegance...
Fathers & Mothers. Ostrea edulis is fast disappearing from the Atlantic coast of Europe. But the diner lucky enough to encounter one will not soon forget it: "Intimations of the ages of man, some piercing intuition of the sea and all its weeds and breezes shiver you a split second from that little stimulus on the palate. You are eating the sea and are on the verge of remembering something connected with the flavor of life itself...
...Girls in lace frills climbed excitedly into the first asth matic automobiles. Bearded, droopy-eyed Edward VII took his cigar and his carnation to the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergere. Donning top hats, venturesome souls climbed nonchalantly into a balloon and blithely sipped champagne, up and up, to shiver in their stiff collars at the dizzy height...
...vacation's play made it clear that Harvard or any other E.I.T.L. team with thoughts of challenging Princeton has its work cut out for it. The Tigers dumped Miami in a weekend match 5-4, ending the Hurricanes' 137-match winning streak and sending a shiver down the spine of every Eastern coach...
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, by Neil Simon. Audiences may shiver at the sight of a balky radiator and a snow-drifted skylight in the apartment shared by Newlyweds Elizabeth Ashley and Robert Redford, but they are certain to shake with laughter as the couple copes kookily with a week's wedlock...