Sentence examples for vacillation in from inspiring English sources

"Weakness and drift and vacillation in the face of danger invite attacks," he said.

But many companies are pursuing alternatives because of the delays created by government's vacillation in financing.

The uncertainty in this respect is indicated by the vacillation in the use of capital letters in various languages.

After some vacillation, in November Russia declined to join NATO's Partnership for Peace program, a rude shock for the U.S., which had doggedly stood behind Yeltsin throughout the year (Pres. Bill Clinton had visited Moscow in January).

A good deal of vacillation in and after 1848 was caused by the inability of Palacký and others to harmonize the emphasis on historical rights with genuine devotion to the modern principles of Czech nationalism and Slavic solidarity.

Sherlock Holmes's certainty in The Sign of Four that he could divine a suspect's character from the way he formed his letters ("There is vacillation in his k's and self-esteem in his capitals") was a habit of his times.

The vacillations in my treatment suggest that the government in Singapore is not talking with one voice.

Find a rhythm in your breath, in and out, that will fuel the extreme vacillations in your mood during your practice.

He says there are vacillations in the number of road deaths about every 18 months, though the general trend is sharply down.

At the playground, other nannies fielded texts from their bosses: they had to report what their alagas had eaten, the contents of their diapers, the timing of their naps, subtle vacillations in their moods.

Much of the drama in this volume can be found in tracing vacillations in Mr. Klein's views of Mr. Clinton, from his sense of ideological kinship, as a New Democrat, with the president, to his disappointment with the man's failure to make the most of his talents and opportunities.