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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Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Even before last week’s crisis, Cuba was already teetering on an energy crisis with an aging power grid and looming fuel shortages.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2024
Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
As our planet teeters on the brink, the Arctic 30’s courage echoes louder than ever.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Yet in spite of its nationwide fame, this animal teetered on the brink of extinction just a few years ago.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Even before last week’s crisis, Cuba was already teetering on an energy crisis with an aging power grid and looming fuel shortages.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
The moves come ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday and as the entire Middle East region teeters on the edge of being engulfed in a wider regional conflict over the ongoing conflicts between Israel and Iranian proxies Hamas and Hezbollah in Gaza and Lebanon.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
As our planet teeters on the brink, the Arctic 30’s courage echoes louder than ever.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Teeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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