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to and fro
adjective as in back and forth
noun as in hesitation
Weak matches
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
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Example Sentences
Slogans are easy, and they sound really tough, but it’s a little different when you get into the to-and-fro.
From Los Angeles Times
But among female elephants who have recently birthed a calf, ears are not the only parts that hang low and wobble to-and-fro.
From Slate
The fixture began a turbulent period of to-and-fro between the sides.
From BBC
When the ground began to shake, rocking her bed to-and-fro like a raft in a current, Temilade Openiyi briefly wondered if she was dreaming.
From New York Times
Spine rattling to-and-fro against the rhythms of the road.
From BBC
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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