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

The Royal College of Nursing has called for a "significant pay rise" and accused UK ministers of "dither and delay".

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025

"In the past we haven't seen that. We've seen years of dither and delay, legal challenges."

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024

When Sunday actually came around, I was in a real dither over my date.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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

Ter Stegen dithers when he should have put his foot through the ball, Ruben Castro dispossesses him and Dumisi tries a shot from way out on the left, but it goes wide.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2017

European officers in white drill and sun-helmets superintend the loading of their vessels, longing to be finished and away from a spot where everything vibrates and dithers in the white glare.

From Burma Peeps at Many Lands by R. Talbot (Robert Talbot) Kelly

Other major cities have had formal infrastructure plans for years, while L.A. has ducked and dithered.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 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

In 2022, 17 years after the Rolling Stones released their most recent album of original songs, Mick Jagger decided the band had dithered and procrastinated long enough.

From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

It was a much quieter affair after the break but Parris was at hand to capitalise as Spurs dithered and were unable to clear the ball from the six-yard box.

From BBC ● May 7, 2023

Mrs. Cranston dithered up and down the hall.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

"The reason that he's dithering is because he doesn't know where the money is coming from," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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

Also speaking on The Sunday Show, Swinney called on the UK government to "stop dithering" and "get on with taking some decision" about reducing energy costs.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

I’ve seen it many times, her dithering, fumble-footed efforts to appease him.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood