teeter
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Synonyms for teeter
Synonyms: Verb
falter, rock, totter, waver, wobble (also wabble)
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Examples of teeter in a Sentence
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The pile of books teetered and fell to the floor. She teetered down the street in her high heels.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
With the immigration bills teetering in the House, the White House launched an eleventh-hour push to try to bring Republicans onboard. — Lisa Mascaro And Alan Fram, BostonGlobe.com, "House struggles to unite behind bills to stem border crisis," 20 June 2018 Comfortable enough to get me to and from work without wasting any time teetering around in the cold yet chic enough to be worn in the office—and just about anywhere. — Anny Choi, Vogue, "Vogue Staffers Pick the Best Shoes to Wear to Work This Winter," 25 Jan. 2019 Kathryn took the maximalist route instead, leaning up art behind the stacks, allowing some to teeter high and others to stay low. — Amanda Sims, House Beautiful, "Kathryn M. Ireland's Kitchen Is A Treasure Trove Of Design Ideas," 22 Jan. 2019 Tampa Bay missed the playoffs nine of its first 10 seasons, but won a championship in 2004 before teetering financially. — Geoff Baker, The Seattle Times, "Mixed results: A half-century of trial and error with NHL expansion franchises," 5 Dec. 2018 This spring, at least a dozen women donned graduation caps and robes and teetered in high heels through the campus of Mosul University. — Sophia Jones, Marie Claire, "The Truth About The Wives of ISIS," 4 Oct. 2018 That's a remarkable feat considering that 10 years ago, Buick's sales sputtered and the brand teetered on the edge of GM's chopping block, along with the now-defunct Pontiac and Saturn brands. — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, "The GM brand that nearly died and the unlikely buyers saving it," 27 June 2018 Mendelson believes his opponent is peddling easy answers and understating the precarious state of the city’s finances, which are governed by a set of rules put in place after the District teetered on insolvency in the 1990s. — Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post, "Why this D.C. Council race is a proxy fight over the city’s future," 11 June 2018 The Porters teetered on the ledge of being mercy-ruled, but never stopped swinging. — Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown, "Michigan recruit Lexi Voss has monster game with bat as Marist beats Lockport for tourney title," 18 Apr. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
LeBoutillier notes that while her business teeters, Trump companies have hired H-2B foreigners. — Jeff Gammage, Philly.com, "Hire American? Without foreign workers, a Chesco garden business could wither," 20 Apr. 2018 His rule—and his family’s security and fortune—already teeters under pressure of regional migration and domestic Palestinian discontent. — Daniel J. Arbess, WSJ, "The True-State Solution," 2 Jan. 2019 Even after cutting so many corners, Fortnite on the S8+ only teeters on the edge of 30fps performance, with acceptable, iOS- and Switch-like stutters when aiming the game's camera at simpler scenes. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Fortnite on Android gets off to a bumpy, Samsung-only start, lags behind PUBG," 14 Aug. 2018 Built in the atrium of the Hangzhou Star Avenue Mall, the Neobio Family Park makes the teeter-totters and merry-go-rounds of the past feel like ancient toys. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Feast your eyes on this next-level indoor park," 14 Aug. 2018 The nation’s housing market teeters on a mountain of debt, and low-interest loans from state banks have built overcapacity in many industries. — Steven Lee Myers, The Seattle Times, "Trump’s trade spat is rattling China’s leaders and economy," 14 Aug. 2018 First Suburb by Chana Porter *World Premiere* November 16 – December 19, 2018 Five preteens teeter on the brink of adolescence when a shocking and violent act interrupts their insular world of personal struggles and triumphs. — Wei-huan Chen, Houston Chronicle, "Catastrophic Theatre's 2018-19 season features Will Eno and Robert O'Hara," 27 June 2018 Instead of stitching the hipbelt to the back panel, Kelty feeds it behind the lumbar pad and allows it a few millimeters of movement, as if each wing of the hipbelt were a playground teeter-totter. — Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, "The Best Women’s Backpacking Packs," 13 July 2018 Illinois teeters on the edge of a recession because union pension obligations are far too high to repay at any tax rate. — Michael Hicks, Indianapolis Star, "Hicks: Ruling against public-sector unions makes us freer," 1 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'teeter.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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