Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

waver

[wey-ver] / ˈweɪ vər /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

But Netflix’s stock price has continued to waver due in part to investor concerns about the streamer’s future growth.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

“I do waver back and forth between, ‘you’re out, you’re 49.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

"Her love and devotion for the Arcadia community have not changed and did not waver," the statement added.

From BBC May 12, 2026

But Ford has said he will not waver until all US tariffs are removed.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

Then I saw him waver, rigid from his ankles upward.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Walmart stock wavers as fourth-quarter earnings beat expectations but full-year guidance is softer than anticipated.

From Barron's Feb. 19, 2026

My car never tires, panics or wavers; it doesn’t jolt at brake lights or grumble at traffic jams.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

“Investors continue to show low conviction around equities, which I view as a contrarian positive. If conviction wavers easily, then this is a sign that sentiment is not ebullient, ” Lee says.

From MarketWatch Oct. 17, 2025

What if the team wavers in its commitment to develop his son?

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2025

Mother says nothing about Father but she chants every night, long chants where her voice wavers between hope and acceptance.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

Through years of typical relationship ups and downs, our attraction to each other has hardly wavered.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

The 69-year-old New Orleans native has never wavered in his claims of innocence, insisting since his 1977 arrest that the cops had the wrong guy.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

Realizing it was in a must-turn-right lane, the Waymo flicked on its left blinker, wavered toward the middle lane, changed its mind, and turned right—away from the hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

While short-term participation has wavered, those rotations have kept NDR’s longer-term breadth indicators from turning bearish, the strategists said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

For nine years victory wavered, now to this side, now to that.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

And in this strict social classification - known as songbun – the jjaepo belong to the "wavering class", somewhere between the core and hostile classes.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Nvidia shares were wavering despite a modest boost from its new PC chip announcement at Computex.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Shares of Cerebras fell in their second trading day, but have remained higher than the initial offering price, despite wavering analyst confidence that the startup has a place in the AI ecosystem.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

The pioneering crypto’s sharp reversal signals a now increasing appetite for risk, with traditional safe-haven assets wavering.

From MarketWatch Mar. 4, 2026

Indoors it was dark—the wick, burning in its shallow saucer of oil, threw only a dim wavering light—but outside the land glimmered, sometimes pale and sometimes vivid, in the flicker of lightning.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




Vocabulary lists containing waver


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training