teetering in English

verb
1
move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.
she teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals

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1. Teetering teapots, so dainty.

2. Delia was teetering around in five-inch heels.

3. He is teetering on the edge of catastrophe.

4. Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.

5. 3 Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.

6. 26 Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.

7. The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.

8. Now he was teetering on the edge of the parapet.

9. States that are teetering between between parties are called " swing states. "

10. The country is teetering on the brink of a massive financial crisis.

11. Soon we were alone, moving through a narrow defile between two teetering antique shops.

12. A two-bladed semi-rigid type tilt hub teetering rotor for an Autogiro

13. They are toying with it, teetering on the verge, disregarding the Bible’s warning.

14. What we are seeing now is a country teetering on the brink of civil war.

15. 26 Many believed that the country was teetering on the precipice of political anarchy and economic collapse.

16. Within minutes, though, she sees the boy teetering on his toes at the very edge of the puddle.

17. Tribble, a lean, tousle-haired programmer who had been teetering between a career in technology or medicine.

18. 2 Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.

19. TOKYO – Thailand, Southeast Asia’s most developed and sophisticated economy, is teetering on the edge of the political abyss.

20. But from where we stand, they appear to be teetering on the edge of financial -- and societal -- disaster.

21. You're teetering on the abyss between life and death, which is why I'm still able to reach you.

22. Some of the power networks, teetering on the edge of electrical chaos, barely got by without massive catastrophes.”

23. The Robinson R22 has a "teetering" Cyclic design connected to a central column located between the two seats

24. As the piece opens, he is in an internment camp, and she is teetering on the edge of madness.

25. 14 Janey teetering on a ledge with a storm-gray New York cityscape behind her, water towers, sooty brick.

26. The Ascent deftly toes that line, like a clean toddler teetering cheerfully on the edge of a muddy puddle

27. And it's like, "Well, I'm about to go on soon; I don't want to be like -- (Teetering tones) -- you know?"

28. 24 Oxford began the night teetering on the brink of the relegation zone and pulse rates soared as early as the second minute.

29. Whether it’s an unsteady ship, a speeding bus, or a person who is woozy, use the verb Careen to describe something that’s teetering from side to side.

30. And I think sometimes on the teeter-totter of each of those three dimensions were teetering where I wish we were tottering a little more as our products are more complicated.

31. The word Agrestic, meaning rural and rustic, is teetering on the edge, too, in their opinion, which is odd, because it is the name of the gated "community" where Nancy Botwin lives in the TV show Weeds and should be well back in the usage.

32. 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1 "I'll not," retorted "Teeter" Nelson, whose first name was Harry, but who had gained his Appellation because of a habit he had of "teetering" on his tiptoes when reciting in class

33. The sculpture Ages of the World (Die Erdzeitalter), made this year and installed in the Royal Academy's central chamber, nicely Allegorises the artist's tendency to collapse time and memory: used canvases such as might litter his studio are stacked into a teetering tower of Babel, sprouting giant poppy heads.

34. * 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1 "I'll not," retorted "Teeter" Nelson, whose first name was Harry, but who had gained his Appellation because of a habit he had of "teetering" on his tiptoes when reciting in class

35. Appellation (plural Appellations) (formal or dated) A name, title, or designation.1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1 "I'll not," retorted "Teeter" Nelson, whose first name was Harry, but who had gained his appellation because of a habit he had of "teetering" on his tiptoes when reciting in class.