All 4 Uses
waver
in
Lock and Key, by Sarah Dessen
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- It just happened, the same way my mom just happened to start sleeping more and smiling less and singing late at night, her voice wavering and haunting and always finding a way to reach my ears, even when I rolled myself against the wall tight and tried to think of something, anything else.†
Chpt 2wavering = moving back and forth; or being unsure or weak
- I felt him glance over at me again, and I made a point of actinglike I didn't notice, couldn't see him wavering.†
Chpt 3
- But as I kept on, steady, unwavering, he finally caved and turned to stare out the window.†
Chpt 4 *unwavering = steadystandard prefix: 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.
- Still, I could feel her wavering.†
Chpt 5wavering = moving back and forth; or being unsure or weak
Definitions:
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(1)
(waver) to move back and forth (shake or quiver)
or:
to change, be unsure, or weak - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)