fence-sitter
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- fence-sitting noun
Etymology
Origin of fence-sitter
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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“One of the biggest problems that we are facing today is the fence-sitter problem,” Samantha Power, the head of the U.S.
From New York Times
These are hallmarks of a fence-sitter, of a flipper and flopper in changing winds.
From US News
Right the way through to the fence-sitter of an ending, the movie looks like it was written by committee at a screenwriters' seminar.
From The Guardian
Wittman, who played college basketball at Indiana, was not exactly a fence-sitter about the changes to that school's Big Ten Conference.
From Seattle Times
Is he a liberal, a conservative or a fence-sitter?
From New York Times
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