teeter-totter

Example Sentences

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It was never magic that kept the teeter-totter of my youth dangling in midair.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

The Mets had not lost a series all season, but that streak sailed when the Seattle Mariners closed out a teeter-totter affair Sunday.

From New York Times • May 15, 2022

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

Kathleen Gerson, a sociology professor at New York University who began researching work-life integration around the same time as Friedman, agrees that a work-life convergence is healthier than trying to stabilize a precarious teeter-totter.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2020

I tap one end of the candy bar, making it teeter-totter on my knee.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher