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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Sam Amick, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The second stage exploded in this huge ball of fire, and then the payload kind of teetered on top of the transporter erector.
—ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
When the hip-hop figures appear, the scene teeters toward being a touch too earnest.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
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Verb
His ability to galvanize a roster that was teetering on the brink of emotional detachment went a long way toward saving a season that was heading toward disappointment.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The second stage exploded in this huge ball of fire, and then the payload kind of teetered on top of the transporter erector.
—ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
Noun
The palace’s black walls, a dungeon with rattling chains, a man in tuxedo and ram’s head groping a naked woman, Young Salome in her Wednesday Addams outfit — the whole gestalt teeters on the verge of black comedy and kitsch.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025
When the hip-hop figures appear, the scene teeters toward being a touch too earnest.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Teeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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