- 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 he isn’t mugging for Reed’s camera he vacillates between a stony-faced refusal to admit guilt and an approximation of remorse.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
The rhythmic language vacillates widely between insistent pulse and total freedom.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
He vacillates and is weak,—in which weakness is the fault of the book, as he plays the part of hero.
From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope
