had been teetering
- past perfect progressive of teeter.
Example Sentences
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It had been teetering on the edge of war since 2014.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2025
Up to that point, the Dodgers had been teetering on the brink of collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024
One rock, it turned out, had been teetering in its delicate position for 50,000 years.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2023
Even before protests, Yemen had been teetering on the brink of failed statehood.
From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2011
I had been teetering on that boundary that divides sleep and wakefulness, imagining Papa coming to get us himself, imagining the rage in his red-tinged eyes, the burst of Igbo from his mouth.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
