- present tense form of vacillate (3rd person singular).
vacillates
Example Sentences
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Once he settles on the sofa beside me, McKellen vacillates between performative storytelling and genuine reflection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
It is closer to music than epic, a mesmerizing suite of songs that conveys Tennyson’s private sorrow as he vacillates from unbearable agony to precarious hope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
When the conspiracy at the center of “The Chair Company” consumes the life of Ron Trosper, he vacillates between screaming fury and the type of validation that lights up his smile from the inside.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
She vacillates between optimism and despair over Iran’s future.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2023
Whoever cannot be bribed by ten dollars, but vacillates, will be bribed by twenty-five or fifty.''
From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Hans Gustav Adolf Gross
