All 3 Uses of
oscillate
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- From under this great panoply she peeped up in a nervous, hesitating fashion at our windows, while her body oscillated backward and forward, and her fingers fidgeted with her glove buttons.†
Chpt 3
- Oscillation upon the pavement always means an affaire de coeur.†
Chpt 3 *
- When a woman has been seriously wronged by a man she no longer oscillates, and the usual symptom is a broken bell wire.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(oscillate) move or swing from side to side regularly
or:
waver between conflicting positions or courses of action