Synonyms of teeter
Examples of teeter in a Sentence
Verb
The pile of books teetered and fell to the floor.
She teetered down the street in her high heels.
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Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
In the fifth inning of Thursday’s first game, manager Joe Espada acted with the aggression required to resurrect a team teetering toward disaster.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
This pedestal dining table works for someone whose tastes teeter between minimalist and midcentury modern.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2026
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Verb
But Church, undeterred, was drawn to the idea that those processes offered lessons in destruction and renewal which could be applied to a nation teetering on civil war.
—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
In the fifth inning of Thursday’s first game, manager Joe Espada acted with the aggression required to resurrect a team teetering toward disaster.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
While the special effects teeter on the PlayStation 2 side and the script might be thinner than a wafer, as soon as Adkins steps into the scene, everything feels infinitely better.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
This pedestal dining table works for someone whose tastes teeter between minimalist and midcentury modern.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Teeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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