teetering

Elizabeth asked, her expression teetering between hope and defeat.

Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005

"I'm just saying," she repeated, "that I need him to run this hotel and …" If she hadn't looked up and seen Dean watching her, his expression teetering halfway between hope and disappointment, she could've left it at that.

Blood Lines Huff, Tanya 1993

As we ran out the limb, Broken-Tooth, facing us, would begin teetering.

CHAPTER VII 2010

It's the idea of teetering between ecstasy and apocalypse, which I think is part and parcel of a particularly American experience.

Robert Ayers: A Conversation with Artist Fred Tomaselli Robert Ayers 2010

In other news, I see that Anchor Bank here in Madison is teetering, which is a pain if it fails 'cause one of my wards has a checking account there and I'd have to change it if Anchor ceases.

Today's blogging has a theme... I see. Ann Althouse 2009

Yesterday's bombing of a Shiite mosque has turned the country into more of a tinderbox than it already was and is described as teetering on the brink of civil war.

CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2006 2006

As we ran out the limb, Broken-Tooth, facing us, would begin teetering.

Chapter VII 1906

He was described as teetering on the line between inspiration and discouragement to young Singaporeans or, more dramatically, a "warhorse" destined for irrelevance.

TODAYonline 2008

It was the failure of a system that was kind of teetering for some time and finally just collapsed, imploded.

First Person Singular: Kawther Elmi, National Park Service ranger 2010

The clerics have been kind of teetering in the middle right now.

CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2009 2009