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
“It’s the most I’ve ever been able to teeter-totter between being a human onstage and being a dancer onstage,” she said.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2023
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
