vacillate

Example Sentences

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The studio spectators cut him off with a loud, extended chorus of boos, as Colbert appeared to vacillate between laughing and choking up.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025

You have to see it so many times because you have to vacillate between watching the show and watching the audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024

The Oscars can often vacillate between insidery navel-gazing and a ho-hum march toward best picture, but occasionally an acceptance speech cuts through the noise with authenticity.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

His leadership skills were lackluster, he was not a charismatic or inspiring speaker, he tended to vacillate in decision-making and he struggled to retain the best staffers.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2022

His yellow eyes vacillate between me and Autumn.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer