Fluctuating
['flʌktʃʊ,et]
Definition
(adj.) having unpredictable ups and downs; 'fluctuating prices' .
Typist: Ursula--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fluctuate
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Examples
- This does not occur, or only in a very slight degree, with our domesticated productions, which have long been exposed to fluctuating conditions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Her affections had continually been fluctuating but never without an object. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- In the latter case the organisation seems to become plastic, and we have much fluctuating variability. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- We will not attempt to trace the fluctuating fortunes of the Sassanids during the next three centuries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But her temper was fluctuating; joy for a few instants shone in her eyes, but it continually gave place to distraction and reverie. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The broad and clear though cloud-crossed and fluctuating beam of the moon shone on every floor and wall. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The changes of a fevered room are slow and fluctuating; but the changes of the fevered world are rapid and irrevocable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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