All 4 Uses
waver
in
Water for Elephants
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- There was an ungodly collision of brass, reed, and percussion—trombones and piccolos skidded into cacophony, a tuba farted, and the hollow clang of a cymbal wavered out of the big top, over our heads and into oblivion.†
Chpt Prol. *wavered = was unsure or weak; or moved back and forth
- Her voice is wavering.†
Chpt 10wavering = moving back and forth; or being unsure or weak
- There is no question that I am the only thing standing between these animals and the business practices of August and Uncle Al, and what my father would do—what my father would want me to do—is look after them, and I am filled with that absolute and unwavering conviction.†
Chpt 11unwavering = 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.
- It wavers out of the big top and across the lot, leaving nothing in its wake.†
Chpt 22wavers = moves back and forth; or is 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)