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to and fro
adjective as in back and forth
noun as in hesitation
Weak matches
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
Example Sentences
But among female elephants who have recently birthed a calf, ears are not the only parts that hang low and wobble to-and-fro.
The fixture began a turbulent period of to-and-fro between the sides.
When the ground began to shake, rocking her bed to-and-fro like a raft in a current, Temilade Openiyi briefly wondered if she was dreaming.
Spine rattling to-and-fro against the rhythms of the road.
Trying to predict what will happen is nigh-on impossible in these games but for me it is a case of being excited about seeing how they cope with each other, because it will be to-and-fro between attack and defence.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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