How to Use dither in a Sentence

dither

verb

• We don't have time to dither.
• She did not dither about what to do next.
• The world has dithered too long for an easy fix to still be on the table.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2018
• But rather than have the car destroyed, Moran dithered.
  — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Last-minute guests, perhaps, or just no time to dither?
  — David Tanis, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2017
• In the course of this dithering, the statute of limitations lapsed on key charges.
  — The Editors, National Review, 23 June 2023
• At the same time, there are palpable concerns that the West dithered too long.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• As central banks around the world race to cut interest rates, this is no time for the ECB to dither.
  — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
• PSG will hope that their dithering over his future will not come back to haunt them.
  — SI.com, 21 July 2017
• While Ferrari dithered over how to improve things, the brand suffered.
  — Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019
• After a while this starts to feel like dithering, or the machinations of soap opera.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
• Adding to the frustration was the fact that Congress dithered for days after the loan program ran out.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2020
• That seems a better use of our time than dithering about, say, which running shoe to buy.
  — Maya Singer, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2019
• The team at The Late Late Show worked their magic quickly on a bit about people who dither about getting bangs.
  — Vulture, 1 Apr. 2022
• Clerics in Najaf have dithered on the kingdom’s request to open a consulate in the Shias’ holiest city.
  — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
• But if the council dithers too much, the city could lose valuable time in this first construction season.
  — Lynn Horsley, kansascity.com, 5 June 2017
• Instead, Democrats and Congress have obstructed and dithered and haven't fixed the problem.
  — Fox News, 7 Apr. 2018
• Now Khimyah was dithering between a dark-blue and a hot-pink winter jacket.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2019
• This was a time for action, not dithering, and the IOC belatedly stepped up.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2020
• The wine list is similarly easy to digest, with just 40-some bottles over which to dither.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 22 June 2017
• This sounds like dithering that might have cost American lives.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 28 June 2016
• The months the president spent dithering in the face of terrorist aggression raised the stakes of this conflict.
  — The Editors, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
• That toll would have been lower if the Chinese authorities had not dithered and hushed up the outbreak for months.
  — The Economist, 22 Jan. 2020
• Over the course of nearly 400 pages, readers observe both the bait-and-switch script and the policy dithering on what seems to be an endless loop.
  — Brooke Harrington, The Atlantic, 31 July 2017
• The dithering middle-age killjoys follow the girls, and their dates, from prom to lakeside after-party to hotel bash.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• The propulsion system was less efficient than expected, but the Coast Guard refused to dither.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• Since the inauguration, the case has been placed on abeyance at 90-day intervals as Congress and the White House dithered over whether the subsidies should or would be paid.
  — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• There is no discussion of lean toning or dithering about building bulk.
  — Zan Romanoff, Bon Appetit, 30 Dec. 2017
• As firms dither, the $30trn global commercial-property market is stalked by fears of a deeper slump.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2020
• Waiting a second too long to return to a cell bed or dithering over when to act means the difference between failure and success.
  — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 14 May 2020

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024