Fence sitters

Usage examples of waverers.

Doubters and waverers, dodgers and complainers, the lazy and the shiftless were as much traitors to the cause as any spy or saboteur.

Kristan attempted to add one of his own nominees to the group, supported by some very brutal political manoeuvring that dragged most of the waverers over to one side or the other, but he accepted the failure of his move with outward equanimity.

All the waverers eased their coats on their shoulders, ready to turn them again according to the way the wind blew.

And that he could use something from Castletown, from your side, to convince any waverers among his faction that he was achieving things there and that he was the man to back.

What with this and his new army, a lot of the waverers will rally to his side.

If they had been in a position to put a red spot on the heads of those people who were not friends of the Patrician, and a white spot on those who were his cronies, and a pink spot on those who were perennial waverers, then they would have seen something like a dance taking place.

Some of the waverers, the most timid ones, edged toward Muurmut as though they intended to remain behind with him.

This resulted in insane but inspiring acts of individual bravery which brought the waverers into our fold.