Examples of teeter in a Sentence
Verb
The pile of books teetered and fell to the floor.
She teetered down the street in her high heels.
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Mike Wass, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
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While spending on the military and flashy infrastructure projects continues to rise, China’s already frail social security system is teetering, with increasing numbers of Chinese refusing to pay into the underfunded pension system.
—Christopher Bodeen, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
Molly Herring, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2025
Once a bacterium sneaks into a host cell, the relationship teeters between infection and harmony.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Lola Young has been teetering on the brink for years.
—Mike Wass, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
Recommended What Trump’s return says about this moment in America
While spending on the military and flashy infrastructure projects continues to rise, China’s already frail social security system is teetering, with increasing numbers of Chinese refusing to pay into the underfunded pension system.
—Christopher Bodeen, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
Researchers in the field theorized that once a bacterium sneaks into a host cell, the relationship teeters between infection and harmony.
—Molly Herring, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2025
Once a bacterium sneaks into a host cell, the relationship teeters between infection and harmony.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Teeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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