vacillate
verb (used without object)
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.
has been vacillating
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present perfect progressiveof vacillate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Serena has been vacillating between sympathetic antagonist and hard villain since the beginning, and the writers keep refusing to pick a side.
From The Verge ● Jun. 4, 2019
The BEW's handling of the procurement of cinchona bark has been vacillating . . . and disorderly in administration.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was written by an Englishman who for several years has been vacillating between the ministry and secular journalism, but is now the pastor of a small church in northern New York.
From Religion and the War by Various
