Fluctuations
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Examples
- We will not follow the fluctuations of the power and prestige of the English Parliament through the time of the Tudor monarchs (_i. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But under the most stable conditions there will always be fluctuations in currency value. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There have been fluctuations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have now seen Miss Wilson in various fluctuations of her reign; but not in all of them. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is well known that the diaphragm of a telephone vibrates with the fluctuations of the current energizing the magnet beneath it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Chosroes II (590-628), the grandson of Chosroes I, experienced extraordinary fluctuations of fortune. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Our world to-day seems to be emerging with fluctuations from a prolonged phase of adversity and extreme conditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fluctuations in the lake due to floods are controlled by an immense spillway dam built of concrete. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They are not regular changes; they are slow fluctuations between heat and cold. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Emma watched her through the fluctuations of this speech, and saw no alarming symptoms of love. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The former secures unity, order, and law; the latter signify multiplicity and discord, irrational fluctuations from one estate to another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Apart from motions, a complete diorama of the fluctuations of the game went on in their eyes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The phases and fluctuations of its ascent we cannot record here. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In obedience to my instructions, I have exhibited the fluctuations in my opinion of our Christian Hero, exactly as I find them recorded in my diary. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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