Both Uses of
fluctuate
in
The Great Gatsby
- Ferret and the De Jongs and Ernest Lilly — they came to gamble, and when Ferret wandered into the garden it meant he was cleaned out and Associated Traction would have to fluctuate profitably next day.
p. 62..9fluctuate = change
- I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn't be over-dreamed — that voice was a deathless song.
p. 96..5 *fluctuating = alternately increasing and decreasing in quantity
Definition:
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(fluctuate) to alternately increase and decrease in quantity