vacillate

Example Sentences

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Newsom and the Legislature can vacillate until next spring to negotiate a bond package for the November ballot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 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

We are a nation traumatized into forgetting, psyches so pulverized by mass death that we vacillate wildly between rage and numbness—waiting until the cycle begins again, so frequent it masquerades as normalcy.

From Slate • May 25, 2022

The film embraces the idea that identity is dynamic and can vacillate wildly over time.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2022

I did not dwell on the situation at Fort Hare, but life has a way of forcing decisions on those who vacillate.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela