waver
verb (used without object)
to sway to and fro; flutter.
was wavering
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past progressiveof waver.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Bernard DeVoto once tried to buck up his friend Catherine Drinker Bowen, who was wavering between a career in history and one in music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
When she eventually found out the baby was alive, she told a nurse she was wavering on whether to go through with the adoption and wanted to hold her baby.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
Did you have any idea that he was wavering?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
In their questioning, committee investigators asked Mr. Luttig if Mr. Pence was wavering about what to do in the two days before Jan. 6.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
A glimmer of scarlet was wavering in the white-and-gray sky.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
