teeter-totter

Example Sentences

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“There’s so much gray. Because they live there. My heart goes out to them. It can’t be easy, to kind of teeter-totter like that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Are we positive there’s a dinosaur on the unseen end of that teeter-totter?

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

Now, as we teeter-totter between cool mornings and warm afternoons, it's time to revitalize our kitchen pantries with an assemblage of earthy and spicy aromas.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2021

The median sale price in Seattle dipped slightly, by 3.3%, from last year to $735,000, continuing a monthslong teeter-totter between year-over-year growth and decline.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2019

A few spring-mounted teeter-totter animals that resembled sun-faded dollar-store rip-offs of Disney characters sprouted up through the sand.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner