dithering
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, Sir Keir defended his government's record on military spending after Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused him of "dithering".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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
It would rather binge-watch thousands of hours of trashy TV shows than deal with the dithering crew of space hippies to which it’s been assigned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
JAMES: Slythering Slytherin, stop with your dithering, time to get onto the train.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
