Examples of teeter-totter in a Sentence
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India does both: Her haphazard approach to birth control never dims her determination to work as an actor, and her observations teeter-totter between insouciance and profundity.
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Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Outside, the backyard was outfitted with a swing set, teeter-totter, and Tiger’s dog house.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 27 May 2023
If the unthinkable became a horrifying reality, if a life-and-death teeter-totter or crushing financial pressure pushed them to the brink, the teen would shoulder the weight of the world.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Outside, the backyard was outfitted with a swing set, teeter-totter, and Tiger’s dog house.
—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 27 May 2023
If the unthinkable became a horrifying reality, if a life-and-death teeter-totter or crushing financial pressure pushed them to the brink, the teen would shoulder the weight of the world.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
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“Teeter-totter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter-totter. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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