- present participle of dither.
dithering
Example Sentences
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That crumb of optimism was swept away when Vini capitalised on a second outbreak of world-class dithering in front of their own goal.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
"The reason that he's dithering is because he doesn't know where the money is coming from," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
If Mr. Linklater, a well-established New York stage actor, cannot make Ben’s emotional dithering either original or believable, he at least brings a taut intensity to his performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
After some dithering, I settled on my home state of New York.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
There was a lot of dithering and stopping to groom or rub, but despite their stress everyone got a fair amount of food in.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
