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variants also wabbling

wobbling

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noun

variants also wabbling

wobbling

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verb

variants also wabbling
present participle of wobble
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wobbling
Noun
Most exoplanetary discoveries instead arise through far more indirect means, such as the dip in a star’s light caused by a world passing between its sun and our telescope or the tiny wobbling of a star caused by an orbiting planet’s gravitational tug. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
The most common form, cervical dystonia, affects the neck, causing wobbling or worse, the inability to hold the head upright. Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025 But the Axis was guaranteed to fail, and the signs of that failure were visible long before the Axis started wobbling. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wobbling
Adjective
  • Some aren’t convinced that attempting to climb the ranks on set will pay off at a time when competition is so cutthroat and the future of the business is so wobbly.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The finances also are wobbly here as all the money left behind by the Dowager Countess has been squandered.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That hesitation quickly fled when the mask began to dry and tighten on the skin.
    Abby Dupes, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • So is the hesitation, the concern for consequence, and the mid-match questioning of how she is supposed to play.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Practice rounds sometimes turn into showcases of raw talent, the kind that leave teammates shaking their heads at the sound off his club face.
    Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Police alleged that the brain bleed was consistent with shaking an infant.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The crowd was especially amped up during the performance, with Ciara among many in the audience standing up and swaying (and seemingly singing) along.
    Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Hamas on Friday released a video of two hostages being driven around Gaza City, in a move apparently aimed at swaying Israeli public opinion as the military ramps up its assault on the city.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As adults, this pattern can look like hesitating to ask for help, avoiding vulnerability or keeping emotional struggles private, even from those closest to you.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Concerns about the economy and tariffs do have some companies hesitating to make long-term decisions, but even with that concern, more are taking on long-term leases than were a year ago, CBRE found.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • China's housing downturn has stretched into a fourth year, with prices, sales, investment and construction activity faltering across the board.
    Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Investors’ long-running enthusiasm for artificial intelligence showed signs of faltering late Tuesday and early Wednesday morning as tech stocks tumbled.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This pause led to a more strategic decision that ultimately benefited the company.
    Naz Beheshti, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Job hopping has hit a pause as employees who might have left their companies previously are no longer able to find higher wages, according to a recent report from Bank of America.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But while the new movie dawdles on its way to Toxie’s origins, then rushes toward a finale with a lurching rhythm that verges on calculated ineptitude, its spirit never feels inauthentic.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The result, nearly eight months into his second term, is an economy that appears to be lurching into a new era of state control.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Wobbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wobbling. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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