vacillate

On that front, the country and the world have been stuck in a sort of perpetual purgatory, vacillating between priorities and half-measures in a way that leaves no one safe or satisfied.
The sad, predictable limits of America’s “economic recovery”|Emily Stewart|September 22, 2021|Vox
The show spends so much time vacillating between styles that it neglects to move what should be a thrilling plot forward.
AMC’s Kevin Can F**K Himself Squanders a Thrillingly Subversive Premise|Judy Berman|June 18, 2021|Time
A global shortage of computer chips, brought on by vacillating demand and supply chain issues, is currently rippling through device-makers, of course, but also makers of cars, vacuum cleaners, and stove vents.
IBM’s New Chip Technology Shows Off the Next Big Step in Moore’s Law|Jason Dorrier|May 9, 2021|Singularity Hub
Remember, it’s usually the case that the presidential vote will vacillate a bit in a state as more- or less-popular candidates earn their parties’ nominations.
Is the choice for Democrats Joe Manchin or the minority?|Philip Bump|February 25, 2021|Washington Post

He vacillated between bold proclamations of his faith in God and wrenching grief and confusion.
A Temp Worker Died on the Job After FedEx Didn’t Fix a Known Hazard. The Fine: $7,000.|by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism|December 23, 2020|ProPublica
I kind of self-edit that out of the history, but they did vacillate for quite a while.
David Chase on Tony Soprano’s Fate, the State of TV, and Why He Couldn’t Finish ‘True Detective’|Marlow Stern|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It seems like you vacillate between 10 and 20 members at any given time.
Mother Falcon the 18-Piece Indie Symphonic Rock Band Taking Texas By Storm|Abby Haglage|June 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Van der Sloot appears to vacillate between apologetic and aloof in his response, captured on hidden camera.
Natalee Holloway: Is the Bone in Aruba Hers?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Whether the habit is some fundamental moral habit or the multiplication table, be consistent, do not vacillate.
The Science of Human Nature|William Henry Pyle
The double character which pertained to the Popes made them perpetually vacillate between two contradictory systems of policy.
The Thirty Years War, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
It is a sure knowledge, that does not gaze and vacillate hither and thither according to its own thoughts.
Epistle Sermons, Vol. II|Martin Luther
He may have more money one year than another, but his better fortunes never vacillate.
The Wedding Ring|T. De Witt Talmage
Coxon continued to vacillate between submission to the Governor of Jamaica and open rebellion.
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century|Clarence Henry Haring

British Dictionary definitions for vacillate

vacillate

/ (ˈvæsɪˌleɪt) /

verb (intr)

to fluctuate in one's opinions; be indecisive

to sway from side to side physically; totter or waver

Derived forms of vacillate

vacillation, nounvacillator, noun

Word Origin for vacillate

C16: from Latin vacillāre to sway, of obscure origin

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