vacillates
Example Sentences
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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
Peake’s staid and knowing portrayal stands in contrast and complement to that of Petticrew, whose resolute manner vacillates between a flinty swagger and true anguish.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024
Meanwhile, Merritt vacillates between despair at the prospect of her eviction and elation when she dreams of returning to Poplar Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024
She vacillates between optimism and despair over Iran’s future.
From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2023
Thought dies out before him, the will is unseated and vacillates, we are cowed like Antony beside Cæsar.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various