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Another word for waver

Verb

  1. To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall

    2. See also:

    repetition

  2. To be irresolute in acting or doing

    3. See also:

    decide

  3. To change one's attitudes or policies, for example

    4. See also:

    decide

    change

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Sentence Examples

  • Taran's intensity did not waver as he held her gaze.

  • But his loyalty did not waver; he rejected the proposal and returned to Constantinople in 540.

  • "That passion which more than all others caused you to waver on the path of virtue," said the Mason.

  • On this shore Morecambe Bay receives the Wampool and Waver from the plain, the Ellen has its mouth at Maryport, and the Derwent from the Lake District at Workington.

  • For two years the government seemed to waver, looking now to the Left, now to Hohenwart and his friends; for a time Taaffe really had the support of all parties except the Young Czechs.

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