dithers

Example Sentences

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And so even if Congress dithers after today, transparency is coming to platforms one way or another.

From The Verge • May 5, 2022

But he just dithers or pouts or stares at her blankly while the bad guys close in.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022

The narrator dithers over how much she wants a leadership position in this unofficial hierarchy of casual dismissiveness, earnestness avoidance and radical obsolescence.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2021

Neves pings a stupendous long ball out to the right for Cancelo, who cuts back to Joao Mario in the area but he dithers slightly, and hoofs the shot over the bar.

From The Guardian • Nov. 17, 2018

Anyway, the one thing the examiners will not thole is a body that dithers.

From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Hay, Ian