All 9 Uses
waver
in
City of Glass
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- As she looked, the smoke puffing from the chimney stopped curling upward and began to take on the shape of a wavering black question mark.†
Chpt 7 *wavering = moving back and forth; or being unsure or weak
- Talk in private— No. I want to stay here," she said, and heard her own voice waver slightly, as if she weren't sure.†
Chpt 11
- His hands didn't waver as he aimed at Sebastian.†
Chpt 12
- Her eyes were shining with tears, but her back was straight, her voice firm and unwavering.†
Chpt 13unwavering = 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.
- Her strong voice wavered slightly as she seemed to catch the expression on Jocelyn's face; Jocelyn was staring at her, her hand over her heart.†
Chpt 16wavered = was unsure or weak; or moved back and forth
- Just a wavering, shadowy blackness.†
Chpt 18wavering = moving back and forth; or being unsure or weak
- She stared at them, but they were jumbled, meaningless— A shadow cut across the sand, moving fast—the long black shadow of a man, made wavering and indistinct by the flickering light of the torches.†
Chpt 20
- The hand that held the sword toward Valentine's throat was unwavering.†
Chpt 20unwavering = 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.
- Valentine didn't waver.†
Chpt 20
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)