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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Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
The flooding was so severe that a home teetering on the edge of the riverbank collapsed into the rising waters, images show.
—Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
All the while, support from Top Dawg Entertainment, the label that helped launch SZA and Kendrick Lamar, relays a sense that the West Coast hip-hop factory’s latest charge teeters on the verge of her own Ctrl and/or good kid, m.A.A.d.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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Verb
For over a month, the national average gas price has been teetering on the edge of dropping below $3 for the first time in three years, according to AAA.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
The flooding was so severe that a home teetering on the edge of the riverbank collapsed into the rising waters, images show.
—Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
Shropshire’s Marley teeters on the edge of a hole in the floor.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
All the while, support from Top Dawg Entertainment, the label that helped launch SZA and Kendrick Lamar, relays a sense that the West Coast hip-hop factory’s latest charge teeters on the verge of her own Ctrl and/or good kid, m.A.A.d.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Teeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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