- 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
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
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
He was genuinely fond of the woman, in spite of her mental dithers and schoolgirl mannerisms.
From Fifty Per Cent Prophet by Randall Garrett
