dithering

Example Sentences

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While the UK was "dithering", the US, Greece and France have all sent ships to Cyprus, she said.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Pentagon dithering over the Navy’s sixth-generation fighter, the F/A-XX, has delayed its development and led to hundreds of millions in contract-extension costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

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

A terrible shadow fell across her before she even noticed in her dithering way that something might be amiss.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck