dithering

Example Sentences

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“Fashion is art,” declared the Met’s director, Max Hollein, at the show’s press preview last week, as if to say, Let’s stop dithering on the subject.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

After some dithering, I settled on my home state of New York.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

He is dithering on whether to get in on the action and take credit for it, or avoid the risk of it all going sideways and being stuck with the consequences.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2025

Referring to the dithering over tariffs, the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025

It was a pretense, his dithering refusal—he was one of the most confident people she had ever met.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan