How to Use waver in a Sentence

waver

1 of 2 verb
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  • Despite the changes, he did not waver from his plan to retire.
  • The icon on Hurt’s GPS began to waver, left and then right.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 7 Sep. 2023
  • At the same time, support for Ukraine is wavering in the U.S.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Putin didn’t waver over his decision to start the war in Ukraine.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Or add votes for him by Democrats who might have been wavering?
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The United States' commitment to the G-20 hasn't wavered.
    — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • And through it all, the Warriors’ self-belief never seemed to waver.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Focus wavers where there’s a lack of confidence and trust in the system.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But eight years on, AB InBev’s hold on the beer industry has wavered.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The big deficit had some players with their heads down, but said Frankson never wavered.
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Does this mean the stock market will fall sharply when those leaders inevitably waver?
    — Bill Stone, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • That’s the one position on which Trump’s GOP will never waver.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
  • His confidence has not wavered, though, based both on those quarterbacks’ performance in the present and the lessons of the past.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The Cardinal didn’t waver, scoring the final seven points of the quarter to take a 58-45 lead into the fourth.
    — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2023
  • More important, when the Lakers began to waver in the fourth quarter, Davis wouldn’t let his team down.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The film tells the story of a man of wavering religious conviction who dreams of a box of gold hidden in a cave.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Morgan doesn't wear clothes; the woman has looks, lewks, and takes slow steps everywhere to make sure her six-inch heels don't waver.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Bryn Mawr entered the game with high hopes for the season and its expectations will not waver despite the loss.
    — Kyle J. Andrews, baltimoresun.com, 31 Mar. 2021
  • For this piece, Tatjana Freund spoke with experts and hair stylists about the benefits of hair wavers how to use them.
    — elle.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But in just a couple of years, that excitement wavered as growth rapidly fell apart.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 July 2023
  • Vance pledged his support of Trump would not waver if Trump gets indicted.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But threats from the FOP over the cost of battling out the decision in court has led to some aldermen wavering in their support.
    — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And in the midst of all of that pressure, their beacon of hope, the shimmering light at the end of the tunnel for the organization has never wavered..
    — Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Pittman and running backs coach Jimmy Smith, the Hogs' lead recruiter for Russell, never wavered in their pursuit of him and that stuck with him.
    — Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2023
  • Michelle, for her part, really never wavered in the thought that connecting all these people would be good for most of them, if not all of them.
    — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Taxes must be paid throughout the distortion period, and rates can waver over the years.
    — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2023
  • And unlike other couples in the series, Alexa and Brennon never seemed to waver.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 30 June 2023
  • Oppenheimer’s post-war life Following the war, public opinion about the use of the atomic bomb wavered.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 July 2023
  • In the face of wavering Western support, the Ukrainians emphasized their self-reliance and innovation.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Despite relative gains—especially in the working-class fields as bolstered by union success—the true middle class has wavered in an age of high inequality.
    — Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
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waver

2 of 2 noun
  • Our waver picks this year might seem like a blast from the past, but note these aren't like the crimpers or rollers of the past.
    — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Good news: it can easily be achieved with the help of a hair waver.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The red flag-waver was supposed to be way ahead of the upcoming car.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • Nor did their focus waver as the crowd behind cheered each step in the rocket’s planned sequence.
    — David W. Brown, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • See below for some of the best hair wavers, from some of our personal favorites, to the ones TikTok loves.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Our hearts are heavy once again, but the resolve must never, ever waver.
    — Carolyn Thompson and Michael Balsamo, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2022
  • It's designed to give you that tousled, beachy look with more uniform waves, simply slide each strand of hair into one of the wavers with the help the hair hook.
    — Neha Tandon, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2023
  • According to the outlet, Fucci's lawyer filed a speedy trial waver, and his next court date will be Oct. 28.
    — Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Yet at the company’s boardroom showdown, as the members vote, Shiv wavers, and can’t bring herself to go through with it.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • My friend was visibly shaken on the way home, her eyes vacant and a slight waver rippling through her voice.
    — Annie Lord, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2022
  • But as Scalise's support wavers or diminishes, Lawler said McCarthy may re-emerge.
    — Major Garrett, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The musical has been a staple of the Great White Way, and popular culture, ever since, but has attracted more of a tourist audience in recent years and seen its grosses waver.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
  • As her King George descends further into something akin to madness, her ruthless facade wavers.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023
  • The country’s tallest women’s basketball towel waver during games, Aquino constantly looks for ways to pump up teammates.
    — oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The tactic effectively starves the pandemic of hosts—something that takes time, and could quickly be thrown off should some subsets of the population waver in their commitment.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2020
  • And in each medium, Laurencin’s weightless, floaty, femme aesthetic never wavers.
    — Maggie Lange, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • As Russia invades Ukraine and global markets waver, U.S. financial markets are flashing a key warning.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2022
  • But whether his products are installed in Nolita or Notting Hill, Hendifar’s starting point never wavers.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The hot- and-cold temperatures of the cinematography waver between blue, beauteous loneliness and yellow-hot rage and confusion, just as Killian does.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023
  • By monitoring that interference, physicists can spot a passing gravitational wave, which will generally make the lengths of the arms waver by different amounts.
    — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Selectman Amber Abbuhl said that restaurants who have been successfully operating under the temporary rules have essentially completed the vetting process that would normally fall under an application for a zoning waver or change of ordinance.
    — Steve Smith, courant.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Our waver picks this year might seem like a blast from the past, but note these aren't like the crimpers or rollers of the past.
    — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Good news: it can easily be achieved with the help of a hair waver.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The red flag-waver was supposed to be way ahead of the upcoming car.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • Nor did their focus waver as the crowd behind cheered each step in the rocket’s planned sequence.
    — David W. Brown, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • See below for some of the best hair wavers, from some of our personal favorites, to the ones TikTok loves.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Our hearts are heavy once again, but the resolve must never, ever waver.
    — Carolyn Thompson and Michael Balsamo, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2022
  • It's designed to give you that tousled, beachy look with more uniform waves, simply slide each strand of hair into one of the wavers with the help the hair hook.
    — Neha Tandon, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2023
  • According to the outlet, Fucci's lawyer filed a speedy trial waver, and his next court date will be Oct. 28.
    — Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Yet at the company’s boardroom showdown, as the members vote, Shiv wavers, and can’t bring herself to go through with it.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023

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