Seesaws

Between the slides and the seesaws is a wide open expanse of sand boxes, no good cover, nothing to hide us. ❋ NOVA REN SUMA (2009)

There an I-beam seesaws hesitatingly before sliding to its resting place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And then there's Something Wild, a tricky little movie that seesaws back and forth between light comedy and genuine violence as affable Jeff Daniels gets swept into a world of hurt by the kooky siren played by Melanie Griffith. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

Eventually his team landed on a core melody that stuck: a short phrase that seesaws through a series of octaves. ❋ John Jurgensen (2012)

It seesaws smartly between laughter and tears and speaks to the odd kid out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Kate's daughter Abby (Sarah Steele) is given dialogue that seesaws between hotheaded rage at her parents for existing and insights that don't sound remotely teenaged. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Finally, when recess came, Fiona left Cleo by the jungle gym and headed for the seesaws. ❋ Shawn K. Stout (2010)

The types of obstacles are different for every course—some of the more common ones are tunnels for the dog to run through, planks to run along, seesaws and A-frame slopes to run up and over, hurdles and tires to jump over and through, rows of vertical poles to weave in and out of, and “pause boxes” where the dog has to stop and rest for a few seconds. ❋ Tamar Geller (2010)

As the kids and I walked through the white picket playground gates, we saw four women seated on the green wooden bench by the seesaws: four women wearing the identical shade of dark pink lipstick; four formidably groomed, exquisitely fit, terrifyingly capable-looking women. ❋ Jennifer Weiner (2010)

The novel's tone seesaws between arch humor and straightforward horror, occasionally at the cost of narrative tension. ❋ Elizabeth Hand (2010)

Coming from a tradition of swings, jungle gyms and seesaws, I'm also a bit defensive on the subject. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Norma's music seesaws between love and fury, but both emotions, and that conflict, remain present in her character until the final resolution, when she confesses her transgression to the community, begs her father Oroveso, the chief of the Druids, to spare her children, and nobly becomes the sacrificial victim herself. ❋ Unknown (2010)