Wondering how to use Teetering in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Teetering meaning
present participle and gerund of teeter
Using Teetering
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of teeter
- In the example corpus, teetering often appears in combinations such as: teetering on, is teetering, are teetering.
Context around Teetering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Teetering
- In this selection, "teetering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, company, centres, banks, toward and real stand out and add context to how "teetering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a man teetering on the and authority is teetering on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "teetering" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with teetering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Marco Polo is one of those centres teetering on the brink. (11 words)
That effectively subverts risk altogether which has caused multiple banks teetering on the brink of failure to rebound. (18 words)
Sweden's government is teetering as the country is consumed by gang violence in cities large and small. (18 words)
Last week, I wrote for our news section about a study by Stony Brook University scientists published recently that shows that local waters have now warmed to the point that bay scallops are teetering on the edge of viability in our bays. (42 words)
In an interview, Klowden said it’s less likely that the current strike will nudge the state into another recession — the entire country, he noted, was already teetering on the precipice last time around. (34 words)
It’s self-flattering nonsense to treat them as binary states of light and darkness, or to resort to idiotic metaphors about America’s sacred democracy teetering on the edge of a bottomless abyss. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Haimes, who led the Roundabout Theatre Company from an off-off-Broadway company teetering on the edge of bankruptcy into a major theatrical force with works on five stages, died on Wednesday.
He has complained that the companies have failed to restore concessions the union members made before and during the 2008-2009 Great Recession, when the industry was teetering.
In an interview, Klowden said it’s less likely that the current strike will nudge the state into another recession — the entire country, he noted, was already teetering on the precipice last time around.
It has been reported the authority is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and that there are grave concerns whether KCC can pull through.
It is easy to forget just how rosy the garden was in such recent history now that the club is teetering on the brink of relegation to the Championship.
Last week, I wrote for our news section about a study by Stony Brook University scientists published recently that shows that local waters have now warmed to the point that bay scallops are teetering on the edge of viability in our bays.
Marco Polo is one of those centres teetering on the brink.
Mass layoffs across the country in a number of sectors, lack of sufficient savings, and the US teetering on the brink of recession have caused desperate times for many.
That effectively subverts risk altogether which has caused multiple banks teetering on the brink of failure to rebound.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has already taken control of the embattled bank, which has been teetering for weeks.
The head of the UN children's agency, Catherine Russell, said from Kenya on Thursday that “Sudan is teetering toward catastrophe" and warned that children are increasingly caught in the crossfire.
The reason why Washington is teetering on the brink is lawmakers - in both the House of Representatives and the Senate - cannot agree to pass legislation on federal government funding for the next year.
The slasher’s domestic haul will push to $98 million through Sunday, teetering on notching the coveted $100 million mark.
The UK has been teetering on the brink of an economic downturn since emerging from the pandemic and being hit by the war in Ukraine, and to tip it over seems counter-intuitive.
Anupam Kher, in the role of Arvind, delivers a performance steeped in genuine emotion, portraying a man teetering on the edge of despair.
China's teetering real estate market long accounted for around a quarter of its economy and experienced dazzling growth for two decades.
It’s self-flattering nonsense to treat them as binary states of light and darkness, or to resort to idiotic metaphors about America’s sacred democracy teetering on the edge of a bottomless abyss.
Major players—such as Evergrande, Vanke, and Country Garden—are teetering on the brink of collapse as property prices continue to fall despite the government’s best efforts to prop them up.
Multimillion-dollar homes teetering on the edge of cliffside in Southern California have been deemed safe to live in, despite a landslide knocking out mud and debris along the structure.
Sweden's government is teetering as the country is consumed by gang violence in cities large and small.
Common combinations with teetering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- teetering on 38×
- is teetering 12×
- are teetering 8×
- was teetering 3×
- already teetering 3×
- company teetering 2×
- been teetering 2×
- teetering toward 2×
- teetering over 2×
- now teetering 2×