Wavered
[weivəd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Waver
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Examples
- Was it only ten years since she had wavered in imagination between the English earl and the Italian prince? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She would not fix any definite time--she still wavered. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was evidently in a condition of great suffering, and Tom often heard her praying, as she wavered and trembled, and seemed about to fall down. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- By the next year McCormick was pushing his Gorham binder on the market, and the farmers who had wavered in their allegience to his reaper were returning to the McCormick fold. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- After all his insistence upon the oneness of God, he wavered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When Muhammad wavered, Abu Bekr sustained him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So far as I know--and I believe his honest heart was transparent to me--he never wavered again, in his solemn certainty of finding her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Abu Bekr is a better witness, and he never wavered in his devotion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I wavered again, and began to think here were greater expectations than my own. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Her fingers wavered on the piano--she struck a false note, confused herself in trying to set it right, and dropped her hands angrily on her lap. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Julia wavered; but was he only trying to soothe and pacify her, and make her overlook the previous affront? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- This would be much more difficult to attain than a musical telegraph, and for some time he wavered between the two ideas. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But he saw the shadow of the lashes on her wet cheek, and wavered. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Not a muscle of her stirred--the hard, defiant, implacable stare in her eyes never wavered for an instant. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She still wavered, her anxious eyes on his face. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Lily's own view of her wavered between pity for her limitations and impatience at her cheerful acceptance of them. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She wavered, and moved toward the carriage. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But he could never make up his mind promptly, as he wavered this way, that way, according as he was biassed by circumstances. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Palestra was quick and silent as a water rat, Gerald wavered and flickered, a white natural shadow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Monks muttered some unintelligible words, but wavered still. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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