- 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
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
But as the company dithers, its users are organizing.
From The Verge ● Aug. 16, 2018
But it tends to defeat efficient compression, because the very thing that dithers to reduce moire patterns also tends to work against compression schemes.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
