fluctuant

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The result was an unflattering portrait that emphasized "strong, although fluctuant, emotional attachments" and "sudden and extreme shifts in loyalty and enthusiasm."

From Time Magazine Archive

Put forth thy wings, thy coronals of Love, wrap thee with fluctuant Winds and exulting Seas!

From The Masque of the Elements by Scheffauer, Herman George

In the middle of the camp Daddy John's fire flared, the central point of illumination in a ring of fluctuant yellow.

From The Emigrant Trail by Bonner, Geraldine

Just now, therefore, Francis Lingen flowed murmuring on his way, like a purling brook, rippling, fluctuant, carrying insignificant straws, insects of the hour, on his course, never jamming, or heaving up, monotonous but soothing.

From Love and Lucy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Creative Power" which eternally works and weaves: "In the tides of Life, in Action's storm, A fluctuant wave, A shuttle free, Birth and the Grave, An eternal sea, A weaving, flowing Life, all-glowing.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann