All 3 Uses of
pendulum
in
Atlas Shrugged
- His shadow swung like an irregular pendulum across the pavement, describing the course of a soundless battle: it was a man fighting himself to enter that door or to escape.†
Chpt 1.8 *
- In the deep blue above it, the stranger's plane was a single spark changing color and flashing from side to side, like the tip of a pendulum swinging in the darkness, beating time.†
Chpt 2.10
- Flung from side to side, like a battered pendulum, clinging to the wheel, half in her seat, half on her knees, she fought to pull the ship into a glide, for an attempt to make a belly-landing, while the green ground was whirling about her, sweeping above her, then below, its spiral coils coming closer.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
something that swings or shifts back and forth between two positions -- often seen in a swinging weight or in changing opinions