Both Uses of
vacillate
in
Catch-22
- As soon as Major Danby began to cry, Colonel Moodus, who had been vacillating wretchedly on the sidelines, could restrain himself no longer and stepped out diffidently toward General Dreedle with a sickly air of self-sacrifice.
Chpt 21 *vacillating = changing his mind back and forth between conflicting ideas
- He vacillated helplessly for a few seconds and then spun himself around and fled inside the nearest of the hallways in search of Yossarian and Dunbar, hoping to catch them in time and bring them back to the rescue with news of the remarkable clash between the old man and Major — de Coverley.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(vacillate) to change one's mind back and forth between conflicting ideas
or:
to sway back and forth