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Definition

to move back and forth (shake or quiver)

or:

to change, be unsure, or weak

Through good times and bad her love for him has never wavered.

wavered = faltered (stopped being strong)

We will never waver in our commitment to provide the best education possible.

waver = stop being strong

Perhaps some unbelievable guest would arrive, a person infinitely rare and to be marvelled at, some authentically radiant young girl who with one fresh glance at Gatsby, one moment of magical encounter, would blot out those five years of unwavering devotion.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

unwavering = steady

(editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unwavering means not and reverses the meaning of wavering. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

The red fern wavered and danced to the music of the hills.
Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows

wavered = moved back and forth

he swam fast, just under the surface with his high dorsal fin knifing through he water without wavering.
Ernest Hemingway -- The Old Man and the Sea

wavering = moving back and forth

The misty lights wavered, dimmed, and went out.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Two Towers

wavered = weakened

His huge figure wavers in the wetness of my tears, as if he is somehow underwater.
Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese

wavers = moving back and forth

the kids waver, run one way, another, in panic, confusion.
Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story

waver = are unsure and movie back and forth

She wavered from side to side, sometimes her head drooped, and her shoulders were not straight at all.
Jerry Spinelli -- Milkweed

wavered = moving back and forth

He squirmed under her unwavering glare.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon

unwavering = steady

(editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unwavering means not and reverses the meaning of wavering. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

They had gone some miles, and the road was at last running down a long slope into the plain, when Frodo's strength began to give out and his will wavered.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King

wavered = weakened

She knows his secret now, the wild, light, slender bird that floats and wavers, and goes back like an arrow presently to his home in the green world beneath.
Sarah Jewett -- A White Heron

wavers = moving back and forth

As he wavered on his weakened legs...
Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear

wavered = moved back and forth (from weakness or uncertainty)

The "death car" as the newspapers called it, didn't stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment, and then disappeared around the next bend.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

wavered = moved off of a steady course

The silhouette of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight, and turning my head to watch it, I saw that I was not alone — fifty feet away a figure had emerged from the shadow of my neighbor's mansion and was standing with his hands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

wavered = moved

With unwavering determination, he stares at something ahead of him.
Haruki Murakami -- After Dark

unwavering = steady

(editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unwavering means not and reverses the meaning of wavering. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

Her scrutiny does not waver.

waver = falter (ever stop being strong)

A garrulous widower fell in love with her unwavering attention.
Gail Carson Levine -- Ella Enchanted

(editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unwavering means not and reverses the meaning of wavering. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

'Much as I long to return to England and my father, my inclination will waver if all the cheers are for New Switzerland!'
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson
Or perhaps it was the unwavering faith of a little boy.
David Baldacci -- Wish You Well

(editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unwavering means not and reverses the meaning of wavering. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

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