- present participle of vacillate.
vacillating
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The arrival of the Iamaleava brothers prompted quarterbacks Joey Aguilar and Robert McDaniel to enter the transfer portal, with Demaricus Davis vacillating on his future, according to Foster.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025
Oppenheimer modulates the lighting during the scenes from cool to warm and back again, underlining the vacillating feelings they can’t acknowledge outright.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2024
With Navarro, Foster transforms Danvers into someone more brittle but not lacking in heart, a cornered creature vacillating between allying herself with what’s facing her or turning on it.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2024
Strait and the 11-piece band spent much of the night vacillating between up-tempo ditties that often turn a bit of sorrow into a winking good time and slower, more heavy-hearted fare.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023
“Why, what do you make out that they done with their buttons then, Jack?” asked the landlord, vacillating weakly.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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