Crossword clues for wavered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Waver \Wa"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[ae]fre wavering, restless. See Wave, v. i.]
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To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.
--Ld. Berners.Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.
--Sir W. Scott. -
To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
Let us hold fast . . . without wavering.
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In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols.
--Milton.Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: waver)
Usage examples of "wavered".
He wavered, then regained his balance, and his sinewed arms locked around her, holding her so tightly that she moaned from the exquisite pain of it.
On the streetside, his group wavered to a halt, waiting for his direction.
In the four years of their partnership, Caleb had never once wavered or compromised his moral principles.
Dorgan's studied smile wavered and the tendons on her neck stood out with the strain of not obviously peering around the room.
When one of the globes wavered slightly out of line, Tall Eyebrow brought it back to its place with a sharp gesture from the wrist.
Two of the girls wavered in their stance but in Capiam's mind there was never any question of which girl the little queen chose.
Even Lord Groghe had wavered slightly from his loyalty to the Weyrleaders.
As she started forward again toward the surgery, a wave of fatigue swept through her and she wavered on her feet.
For a moment she wavered on the edge of a black abyss, memories rising like bats from a rancid cave to dart at her.
He wavered, but didn't fall, merely stood there until the room stopped swaying and his leg was steady under him.
A car horn blared as she wavered too close to the vehicle beside her, but the noise was distant, muted.
The watchful black gaze never wavered, and Robert lifted his eyebrows.
His dark gaze never wavered from her face, and his hand remained gentle in her hair.
To her distress, her voice wavered, and she felt her lower lip begin to quiver before she sternly bit down on it.
I shouted, my heart leaping into my throat as my balance wavered again.