All 3 Uses of
waver
in
The Lovely Bones
- In my mind I had wavered between the bittersweet joy of seeing my mother name all the things I carried and loved and her futile hope that these things mattered.†
Chpt 2 *wavered = was unsure or weak; or moved back and forth
- My mother's face was wavering, soft and malleable—almost as soft and malleable as the image of her that floated on the sullied water in the sink.†
Chpt 13wavering = moving back and forth; or being unsure or weak
- But I saw the fine, wavering line that still tied my sister to my father.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
to move back and forth (shake or quiver)
or:
to change, be unsure, or weak
or:
to change, be unsure, or weak