vacillating

Example Sentences

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We hate vacillating on matters of major consequence.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2024

After a wildly vacillating game against Marquette in which the Bruins’ 12-point lead became a seven-point deficit, they had the ball trailing by two with 21 seconds left.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

I'll try to identify these vacillating emotions as they come and to acknowledge them, as I encourage my kids to do.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

As his parents, Michael Goldberg and Juliane Köhler come off as clueless boomers trying their best to be tolerant and vacillating between self-recrimination and despair.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023

Aliya’s face is flustered, vacillating between concern and disbelief.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali