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Meanings of wavering in English

Portuguese
indecisão
Spanish
vacilación

Indecision in speech or action.

indecisão
Portuguese
flutuação
Catalan
oscil·lació
Spanish
oscilación

The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes.

flutuação

Uncertain in purpose or action.

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Usage of wavering in English
1
Keeping your vision without wavering is difficult under the best of circumstances.
Wired
2
Perhaps once strong with authority, time had left it weakened and wavering.
Shadow's son
3
His wavering hand cut the air in the sign of the cross.
And Thus He Came: A Christmas Fantasy
4
Already wavering in your new year's resolution to shed a few pounds?
BBC
5
The scene had the wavering quality of something seen through troubled waters.
The Great Book of Amber
6
The dawn in the dry, wavering air of the desert was glorious.
The Mountains of California
7
But on Friday it also looked to be wavering, party sources said.
Reuters
8
Sensing that Virote was wavering, Erlendur put the question a third time.
Arctic chill
9
He looked like a giant in the wavering light of the torch.
The Redemption of David Corson
10
The Spaniard hesitated, his blade wavering, then saw his danger too late.
Honour This Day
11
Great Britain, which had been wavering, says it will join the E.U.
The new yorker
12
In the past few days I've lived through centuries of wavering renunciation.
The book of disquiet
13
Even without the wavering image, she sensed, rather than saw, his disappointment.
The Sorceress
14
This inscription was written in a wavering hand upon the blank page:
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
15
Her eyes flickered in wavering lights, and her breath came in gasps.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
16
That caused the wavering Mars to decide to save Lila after all.
For Love Of Evil
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Translations for wavering
Wavering through the time
Wavering across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common