All 4 Uses of
waver
in
Lord of the Flies
- The trickle of smoke sketched a chalky line up the solid blue of the sky, wavered high up and faded.†
p. 53.9 *wavered = was unsure or weak; or moved back and forth
- There was a tiny smudge of smoke wavering into the air on the other side of the rock.†
p. 174.5wavering = moving back and forth; or being unsure or weak
- There he would sit, and the search would pass him by, and the cordon waver on, ululating along the island, and he would be free.†
p. 191.5
- Most, he was beginning to dread the curtain that might waver in his brain, blacking out the sense of danger, making a simpleton of him.†
p. 196.7
Definition:
to move back and forth (shake or quiver)
or:
to change, be unsure, or weak
or:
to change, be unsure, or weak