Both Uses
fluctuate
in
The Great Gatsby
(Edited)
- Ferret and the De Jongs and Ernest Lilly — they came to gamble, and when Ferret wandered into the garden it meant he was cleaned out and Associated Traction would have to fluctuate profitably next day.
p. 62.9fluctuate = change
- I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn't be over-dreamed — that voice was a deathless song.
p. 96.5 *fluctuating = alternately increasing and decreasing in quantity
Definitions:
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(1)
(fluctuate) to alternately increase and decrease in quantity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)