All 13 Uses of
waver
in
Gone with the Wind
- Scarlett dug her fingers into the upholstery of the carriage and for a moment her parasol wavered.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- Setting the candle on the stand, she unlocked the door and in the wavering light she saw Rhett Butler, not a ruffle disarranged, supporting her small, thickset father.†
Chpt 2.10
- Confidence in ultimate victory never wavered.†
Chpt 2.16
- If not, why should she be standing here in Aunt Pitty's peaceful front yard, amid wavering lights, pouring water over dying beaux?†
Chpt 3.18
- As the last of the soldiers were passing, a small figure in the rear rank, his rifle butt dragging the ground, wavered, stopped and stared after the others with a dirty face so dulled by fatigue he looked like a sleepwalker.†
Chpt 3.23
- Light wavered into the room as Pork entered carrying high a halfburned candle stuck in a saucer.†
Chpt 3.24
- Even in her frenzy she thought what the sight of bluecoats might do to Gerald's wavering mind.†
Chpt 3.27
- She looked curiously at this lanky man with his bony stooped shoulders, his pinkish hair and calm unwavering eyes.†
Chpt 3.30
- She wavered momentarily between interest in his last words and a feminine desire to prolong the scene with anger and indignation.†
Chpt 4.47
- Cornered, Melanie still met Scarlett's eyes unwaveringly.†
Chpt 5.49
- "Well!" said Mrs. Merriwether, wavering but still obstinate.†
Chpt 5.52
- She wavered irresolutely and he was at her side, his hand on her arm in a grip that hurt.†
Chpt 5.54
- He looked down at her for a long time, so long that her defiant gaze wavered and fell, and then he slumped into a chair opposite her and poured himself another drink.†
Chpt 5.54
Definition:
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(waver) to move back and forth (shake or quiver)
or:
to change, be unsure, or weak