teeter-totter

Example Sentences

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A teeter-totter of freedom and dependence, junior year is a step into adulthood that somehow requires more parental focus than kindergarten.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023

“It’s the most I’ve ever been able to teeter-totter between being a human onstage and being a dancer onstage,” she said.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2023

Now, as we teeter-totter between cool mornings and warm afternoons, it's time to revitalize our kitchen pantries with an assemblage of earthy and spicy aromas.

From Salon • Nov. 10, 2021

Kathleen Gerson, a sociology professor at New York University who began researching work-life integration around the same time as Friedman, agrees that a work-life convergence is healthier than trying to stabilize a precarious teeter-totter.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2020

I tap one end of the candy bar, making it teeter-totter on my knee.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher