waver
verb (used without object)
to sway to and fro; flutter.
were 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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Fellow semiconductor companies Advanced Micro Devices External link and Broadcom External link were wavering between small gains and losses in early trading.
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
“I knew where the votes were all along, and why they were wavering and why they were struggling,” DeLay said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2019
Yet by the 1700s, salmon populations in Europe were wavering.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2018
The last holdouts were wavering by June 7, 1776, when Richard Henry Lee of Virginia moved a resolution “that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
His words were meant to charm, and the twins were wavering.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
