Meaning & use
waver
To hesitate or show indecision between two choices; or to move unsteadily, as if about to fall.
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Her voice began to waver as she tried to hold back tears.
He wavered between accepting the job offer and staying with his current company.
A note on using this word
Waver suggests instability or indecision, whether physical, like a flame, or mental, like a difficult choice.
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