teeter-totter

Example Sentences

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India does both: Her haphazard approach to birth control never dims her determination to work as an actor, and her observations teeter-totter between insouciance and profundity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

There is a seamless convergence between Atlanta’s hot-wing culture and Korea’s fried-chicken culture: an emphasis on shattering crispiness and a balance in flavors, most notably the lip-smacking teeter-totter of sour and sweet.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 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