vacillate
verb
vac·il·late
ˈva-sə-ˌlāt 
vacillated; vacillating
1
: to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses
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Examples of vacillate in a Sentence
She has vacillated on this issue.
vacillated for so long that someone else stepped in and made the decision
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But for the most part, the art form today vacillates between, on one hand, decrying social and/or personal injustices and, on the other, aiming at a kind of conspicuously literary self-portraiture.
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David Orr, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Hathaway perfectly threads the needle, vacillating between the intoxicating allure of her romance with Hayes and the harsher cost of such a relationship.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 May 2024
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David Orr, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Hathaway perfectly threads the needle, vacillating between the intoxicating allure of her romance with Hayes and the harsher cost of such a relationship.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for vacillate
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“Vacillate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacillate. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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vacillate
verb
vac·il·late
ˈvas-ə-ˌlāt
vacillated; vacillating
: to hesitate between courses or opinions : be unable to choose
vacillation
noun
ˌvas-ə-ˈlā-shən
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