vacillate

How to use vacillate in a sentence

• 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