vacillation
Example Sentences
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Lois’ reticence about him mirrors our own vacillation with the DC Universe’s new direction: We need to see something more from this guy before we commit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
When Lois is in the coma, there is a lot of vacillation between what she’s dealing with in terms of what's going on with the case and the trauma.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024
If the libretto mutes some of the prince of Denmark’s turbulent vacillation, the music restores it.
From New York Times • May 16, 2022
But Kim said his self-defence force "can not be bartered nor be bought with anything" and will be held firm without the slightest vacillation despite harsh trials and difficulties.
From Reuters • Mar. 27, 2022
An estimate of this army by the New York Times shows to what pass vacillation had brought it.
From Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town by Goolrick, John T.
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