yo-yoing

present participle of yo-yo

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yo-yoing
Verb
  • The driver was arrested on charges of unlawful gun possession and evading police and booked at the Sacramento County Juvenile Hall.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Chau paid local fishermen to take him near North Sentinel Island, evading the exclusion zone.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the video, a terrified Archie can be seen frozen, staring and shaking.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Her criminal record includes a charge for fleeing, eluding and obstructing a police officer.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Douglas County jurors convicted Tory Conyers, 46, of vehicular homicide, hit-and-run causing death, eluding a peace officer, theft and reckless driving.
    Max Levy, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Image More broadly, water experts said that shunning tap water undermined trust in the public water system, which could have dangerous consequences.
    Jill Schweber, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Is Remaking Hollywood's Money Model By Maggie McGrath The first Black woman to direct a $100 million-grossing film is shunning the studios and their rules—and turning to philanthropists like Melinda French Gates.
    Matt Craig, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • And yet, today’s young adults are increasingly eschewing the traditional banking and credit infrastructure altogether in favor of peer-to-peer payment apps.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
  • But Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton appears to be 100% vegan, eschewing any type of meat.
    Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Yo-yoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yo-yoing. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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