Sentence examples for vacillation plays a from inspiring English sources

Vacillation plays a role.

"I believe that the vacillations of temperament will play a crucial part," he predicted.

But for Jan Techau, director of Carnegie Europe, a think-tank in Brussels, the vacillation over the chemical attacks in Syria shows that "the Europeans have never been able to get out of the passenger seat to become the driver and silently they are quite happy with that".For decades the Middle East has been a region where, as an old cliché puts it, "America plays, Europe pays".

In this view, Hamlet is a creature of endless vacillation, a cipher for the alienated, inward modern self in a world that is insubstantial and rotten: "Denmark's a prison," Hamlet sighs.

Now he stands accused again of that old charge: vacillation, an inability to take a stand.

If Peter's confession demonstrates his faith and insight, his denial that he knew Jesus demonstrates a weakness of will (even if momentary), capability of inaction, and a tendency toward vacillation, but not a loss of faith.

"But the vacillation will allow a lot of top talent in the party to get away from him.

Carter blundered because of vacillation, shortsighted thinking, a disregard for identified risk and inept implementation that included zero precautions to protect against disaster.

This kind of vacillation is of a piece with the rest of the novel, which follows the jump-cuts of a mind riddled by apprehension and doubt.

We touch on her consternation at our meeting but she says it's nothing compared to her vacillation over booking a flight.

But other factors also explain their vacillation this year, including a crowded legislative agenda, the worsening political headwinds and, perhaps most of all, Democrats' chronic insecurity about dealing with tax issues.