vacillating

Example Sentences

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The American people appear to be vacillating between learned helplessness and mass disinhibition.

From Salon

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

We are a country, and a world, chasing its tail – vacillating between hatred, anger and a desire for peace.

From Salon

Throwing in with the CRM never stopped her from vacillating back and forth between her identities: Jadis and Anne, Alexandria and the authoritarian military.

From Salon

Whereas “The Homecoming” was noted for its claustrophobic machismo, here it’s the women who dominate the proceedings, vacillating between sisterly tenderness and bitter recriminations.

From New York Times