teeter-totter
Example Sentences
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“There’s so much gray. Because they live there. My heart goes out to them. It can’t be easy, to kind of teeter-totter like that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Oreos not only lend that teeter-totter of milky filling and bittersweet wafers, but they also keep the center of the meringue moist and fluffy.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
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
