wavers 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of waver
1
as in hesitates
to show uncertainty about the right course of action he's still wavering about whether to take the job

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2
as in falters
to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side the steel tower wavered for a moment before falling over

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wavers

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noun

plural of waver
as in rocks

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Recent Examples of wavers
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There, Mary presses the child’s face deep into her own with a pressure that wavers between grief and affection. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026 Gargash said Gulf Arab states cannot continue to be targeted as Iran wavers between escalation and restraint. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 Their courage quickly wavers in the face of the location’s eerie atmosphere and the deafening sound of cicadas. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026 Confidence wavers when the sun confronts Neptune. — Usa Today, USA Today, 25 June 2026 When attention wavers, Air-Guardian steps in. — Tanya Eves, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Starmer’s ban also comes in as his Labour government wavers, with a number set to challenge him for the leadership. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 June 2026 Whether that means rewriting a love ballad in a couple of days or suiting up in a onesie for a press event on the other side of the world, the commitment never wavers. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026 Her commitment to her singular vision never wavers, but as an actor, Glowicki is truly astonishing. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wavers
  1. hesitates
  2. falters
  3. rocks
  4. wobbles
  5. swings
  6. oscillations
  7. waves
  8. whips
Verb
  • If someone hesitates, gently restate the goal and offer one reasonable option while staying loyal to your own needs.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026
  • In Spearfish, Yu hesitates over a set of cow grates and dumps her bike at low velocity.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Definition of hesitates
Verb
  • Extreme heat is redefining electricity as emergency infrastructure, pushing grids to their limits as demand soars and supply falters.
    — Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • While the federal government remains indispensable in public health, these state-level collaborations demonstrated that regional governance can emerge quickly when national leadership falters.
    — John Eger, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of falters
Noun
  • Dumping thousands of cubic meters of rocks into the river to slow down the flow of water and increase water levels did not help the cause.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The duo tries their best to be each other’s rock, but sometimes rocks break things.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of rocks
Verb
  • Put plainly, the body that watches over the global financial system, chaired by the governor of the Bank of England, is saying the prices these funds report rest partly on judgment, and that the judgment wobbles precisely when it is tested.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Sketch a plan for practice, then show up even if motivation wobbles.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of wobbles
Noun
  • Walker hit his seventh homer with two swings remaining and his eighth on the next swing to earn bonus swings.
    — Dan Gelston, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • The swings have a black metal frame, black metal swing arms, a fabric canopy and a padded brown seat cushion, the report states.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Definition of swings
Noun
  • Hoell and his colleagues analyzed nearly four decades of El Niño and La Niña oscillations and wildfire burn areas to understand how often the fire season mirrors the climate cycle.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
  • Rapid oscillations trigger muscle contractions that can indirectly support lymph movement.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
Definition of oscillations
Noun
  • Sierra’s decision created waves as Rubenstein had supported an audit of the pension fund and its expenses.
    — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The bronze vessel reportedly contained an internal mechanism capable of indicating the direction from which seismic waves had arrived.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of waves
Noun
  • The young trees, often called whips, have high stem densities.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Her earliest memories are of an underground bunker, patrolled by male guards with whips, where she was imprisoned with thirty-nine older women.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of whips

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