teeter-totter
Example Sentences
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A teeter-totter of freedom and dependence, junior year is a step into adulthood that somehow requires more parental focus than kindergarten.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023
“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
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
