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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Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Local and state budgets are tight, teetering on, or dropping into, deficit territory.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
The production’s balance to find its heart alongside lots of belly laughs is owed to a story that teeters on being an inside joke among Broadway lovers without crossing that line.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The global political and economic order that has lasted for almost 80 years is teetering.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Local and state budgets are tight, teetering on, or dropping into, deficit territory.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
In so doing, Egypt may be able to diversify its sources of economic backing as its own economy teeters on the brink of crisis.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
The production’s balance to find its heart alongside lots of belly laughs is owed to a story that teeters on being an inside joke among Broadway lovers without crossing that line.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Teeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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