oscillating

Example Sentences

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This allows the beads to begin oscillating on their own while floating in mid-air, producing a steady rhythm that reflects the unusual forces at play.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Round number theory has been in play, with shares oscillating between $300 and $400 since breaking into that range late last May.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Tom ended up oscillating between GIP and routine levels of care at our inpatient hospice facility, therefore intermittently needing to pay the room and board costs.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

They are extremely timely, heavy films, but still wildly compelling, oscillating from three different kinds of institutional violence to two distinct films about the power of music and the arts.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2025

The technical challenge was right up his alley: it involved the electromagnetic focusing of a stream of charged particles and its synchronization with an oscillating electric current—in other words, the basic elements of the cyclotron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik