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How to pronounce wavering in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hesitation, vacillation
Type of irresolution, indecisiveness, indecision
Derivation waver
Type Words
Synonyms fluctuation
Type of unregularity, irregularity
Has types scintillation
Derivation waver
Type Words
Synonyms vacillant, vacillating

Examples of wavering

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It also emboldened some wavering Labour MPs and helped Tony Blair make his case.
From the guardian.co.uk
I fear this will deter the already wavering crowd that is at the bar currently.
From the orlandosentinel.com
One of the Wallabies wavering between almost and maybe is fullback Kurtley Beale.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Certainly seven with Sitiveni Sivivatu's status being a wavering ratings graph.
From the nzherald.co.nz
No Senate Democrats have signaled that they are wavering on Kagan's confirmation.
From the washingtonpost.com
If she was wavering at all, well, there were the babies upstairs, unsupervised.
From the abcnews.go.com
Luna, meanwhile, telegraphs fixed gloom and wavering purpose behind the mustache.
From the chron.com
As for the Tories, they are recent and wavering converts to the eccentrics'cause.
From the economist.com
His wavering over the word terrorism is telling, though in this case unimportant.
From the heraldtribune.com
More examples
  • Hesitate: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
  • Someone who communicates by waving
  • Hesitation: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
  • Falter: be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
  • Falter: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  • The act of moving back and forth
  • Fluctuate: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
  • Flicker: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
  • Sway to and fro