In France, aggressively secular but steeped in Catholicism, churchgoers refer with a shudder to 2009 as the year of les trois gaffes.

ECONOMIST: Pope Benedict

Craniology, phrenology and eugenics, once-respectable fields of endeavour that are now regarded with a shudder, may shriek from time to time, but few sane people pay attention to them.

ECONOMIST: Physiognomy and economics

At each new moon, we wondered whether it would ever appear again (were we hoping that it would simply disappear?), and when it did reappear, looking more and more like a comb that had lost its teeth, we averted our eyes with a shudder.

NEWYORKER: The Daughters of the Moon

The floor has haptic sensors that shudder with a thud when I land.

FORBES: Is it time for Virtual Reality to get Real?

It is unlikely to push quickly for outright union with Bulgaria, a prospect that still makes most Macedonians shudder.

ECONOMIST: Macedonia: Next domino? | The

Not only is it usual to see an increase of violence during Ramadan but this time the beginning of the Muslim holy month coincided with the alleged discovery of a plot that has sent an unusually pronounced shudder through Baghdad's political classes.

ECONOMIST: Keeping an eye on the security forces

We'll see if Madonna is ultimately driven to adopt the same strategy though I shudder to think how "Like a Virgin" will sound with fiddle and steel guitar.

WSJ: When Old Stars Try to Be New Again | Postmodern Times by Eric Felten

But the popularity of the new light-rail system (along with the spectacular burst of the housing bubble) suggests that Phoenicians may be considering a sustainable (shudder) lifestyle.

FORBES: Look out Leaf & Volt, the Wheego Electric Car is Almost Here