dither

Elias has decided to stay put even as prices dither.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

And while Hamlet may dither in seeking revenge for his father’s murder, we don’t hope that the scheming Claudius gets away with it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

But he told the programme Ukraine’s allies needed to be "firm" and "not signal this kind of dither and dilemma".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2024

Providing this road map of his intentions puts Smith on firm footing to challenge the judge if she continues to dither.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

To dither and dally when the window of opportunity opens means to end up with one’s nose pressed against the glass of fate, gazing with regret at what might have been.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

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

From The Verge ● May 5, 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

“Borders are closed, aircraft grounded and ships anchored as W.H.O. mutely dithers over whether or not to declare an emergency.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2020

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 Ian Hay

Kinsky had earlier rushed out to stop Adam Armstrong reaching a long ball after Kevin Danso dithered and allowed the striker to sprint ahead.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Beirut dithered away all of 2025 while U.S. envoy Tom Barrack pleaded with it to disarm Hezbollah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Among other things, Albertsons’ asserted that Kroger dithered on divestiture deals that might have met the FTC’s objections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

Colfax was a front-runner to succeed Greeley at the helm of the Tribune but faced resistance from his wife and hesitated to seek the job, which went to distinguished correspondent Whitelaw Reid while Colfax dithered.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022

Eric, having dithered about joining, had finally committed himself, and now wore a badge proudly.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

The paper has spoken to several publicans across the country, who it says are frustrated by the "dithering" over kick off time as it impacts their staff rotas and bottom line.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

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

“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

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