teeter-totter
Example Sentences
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Our motorboat broke down here, too, and so we waited two days for our own repairs, watching boys on the beach using a broken plank as a teeter-totter.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 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
For the earthquake two-parter in Season 2, the “9-1-1” team recreated a W Hotel suite on the studio lot, loaded it onto a giant teeter-totter and tilted it to a 30-degree angle.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2021
Holofcener’s films have often worked a teeter-totter balance between observational comedy and a deeper emotional resonance, but “Steady Habits” tips more toward drama than any of her previous work.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2018
He collapsed as hard as if Claudia had suddenly jumped off the down end of a teeter-totter while he was still sitting on the up end.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
