All 14 Uses of
waver
in
The Return of the King
- The Nazgul gave a long wailing cry and swerved away; and with that the four others wavered, and then rising in swift spirals they passed away eastward vanishing into the lowering cloud above; and down on the Pelennor it seemed for a while less dark.†
Chpt 5.4
- It was even as the day thus began to turn against Gondor and their hope wavered that a new cry went up in the City, it being then midmorning, and a great wind blowing, and the rain flying north, and the sun shining.†
Chpt 5.6
- And for a moment, while all were silent and still, watching the Lord in his throes, he wavered.†
Chpt 5.7
- To waver is to fall.†
Chpt 5.9
- For a moment Sam caught a glitter in the black stones of their eyes, the very malice of which made him quail; but slowly he felt their will waver and crumble into fear.†
Chpt 6.1
- For what it saw was not a small frightened hobbit trying to hold a steady sword: it saw a great silent shape, cloaked in a grey shadow, looming against the wavering light behind; in one hand it held a sword, the very light of which was a bitter pain, the other was clutched at its breast, but held concealed some nameless menace of power and doom.†
Chpt 6.1
- 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.
Chpt 6.2 *wavered = weakened
- Sam's hand wavered.†
Chpt 6.3
- From all his policies and webs of fear and treachery, from all his stratagems and wars his mind shook free; and throughout his realm a tremor ran, his slaves quailed, and his armies halted, and his captains suddenly steerless, bereft of will, wavered and despaired.†
Chpt 6.3
- And with that, even as his eyes were lifted up to gloat on his prize, he stepped too far, toppled, wavered for a moment on the brink, and then with a shriek he fell.†
Chpt 6.3
- The Power that drove them on and filled them with hate and fury was wavering, its will was removed from them; and now looking in the eyes of their enemies they saw a deadly light and were afraid.†
Chpt 6.4
- Out from the beleaguered hills knights of Gondor, Riders of Rohan, Dunedain of the North, close-serried companies, drove against their wavering foes, piercing the press with the thrust of bitter spears.†
Chpt 6.4
- Several hobbits fell, and the rest were wavering, when Merry and Pippin, who were on the east side, came across and charged the ruffians.†
Chpt 6.8
- For a moment it wavered, looking to the West; but out of the West came a cold wind, and it bent away, and with a sigh dissolved into nothing.†
Chpt 6.8
Definition:
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(waver) to move back and forth (shake or quiver)
or:
to change, be unsure, or weak