vacillate
verb (used without object)
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.
had vacillated
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past perfectof vacillate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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During the intervening week, the government had vacillated between conciliatory and obdurate.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2018
On the question of conscription he had vacillated too long.
From Time Magazine Archive
Persuade the pope suddenly to take a stand, when he had vacillated for nearly a year?
From The Saracen: The Holy War by Robert Shea
Day after day he had vacillated between the school and that fascinating store window, and each day he had looked, envied, and come home again.
From Paul and the Printing Press by A. O. (Arthur O.) Scott
She had heard that Augustus was to have it, and her desires had vacillated between the two.
From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope
