- present tense form of dither (3rd person singular).
dithers
Example Sentences
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But the feature dithers in development, which becomes something of a running joke here; the shot of a stone-faced Mr. McElwee watching a ridiculous promo reel is a moment of perfectly understated comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
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
But as the company dithers, its users are organizing.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 2018
A result of this visual flatness is that some sequences drag with clichés, as the camera dithers on hackneyed images like Lexi flushing her wedding ring down the motel sink.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2018
Jack Odin had seen B-47’s come in with a great deal more hubbub and dithers than the Nebula had caused.
From Hunters Out of Space by Joseph Everidge Kelleam
