Both Uses of
oscillate
in
Bleak House
- The struggle in Mr. Guppy's breast and the numerous oscillations it occasioned him between his mother's door and us were sufficiently conspicuous in the windy street (particularly as his hair wanted cutting) to make us hurry away.†
Chpt 37-39
- I did so with a lightened heart; but when we last looked back, Mr. Guppy was still oscillating in the same troubled state of mind.†
Chpt 37-39 *
Definition:
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(oscillate) move or swing from side to side regularly
or:
waver between conflicting positions or courses of action